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    plural tastes
    
    [count] :the sweet, sour, bitter, or salty quality of a thing that you can sense when it is in your mouth :the flavor that you can taste when you eat or drink something
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [noncount] :the ability to notice or recognize flavors when you eat or drink :the ability to taste things
    
    
    
    
    
    [count] :a small amount of food or drink that you have in order to see how it tastes - usually singular
    
    
    
    [singular] :something (such as a brief experience) that gives you some knowledge about what something is like - usually + of
    
    
    
    
    
    the feelings that each person has about what is appealing, attractive, etc. :the feelings that cause someone to like or not like something [noncount]
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [noncount] the ability to choose what is appealing, attractive, appropriate, or enjoyable
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    b - used in phrases to say that something (such as a person's speech or behavior) is or is not proper and acceptable
    
    
    
    
    
    a taste of your own medicine
    
    
    
    to taste
    
    in an amount that results in the taste that you want - used in recipes to indicate how much salt, pepper, etc., should be added to food
    
    
    
    verb
    
    tastes; tasted; tasting
    
    not used in progressive tenses [linking verb] :to have a particular taste
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [+ obj] to sense the flavor of (something that you are eating or drinking)
    
    
    
    
    
    to put a small amount of (food or drink) in your mouth in order to find out what its flavor is
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    c not used in progressive tenses :eat
    
    
    
    [+ obj] :to experience (something)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    taste blood