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Dictionary definition: taste
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- The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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taste
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tāst
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n.
1.
the sensation of flavor perceived in the mouth and throat on contact with a substance:
the wine had a fruity taste.
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the faculty of perceiving this quality:
birds do not have a highly developed sense of taste.
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a small portion of food or drink taken as a sample:
try a taste of Gorgonzola.
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a brief experience of something, conveying its basic character:
it was his first taste of serious action.
2.
a person's liking for particular flavors:
this pudding is too sweet for my taste.
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a person's tendency to like and dislike certain things:
he found the aggressive ...
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Article: Embracing 'bad taste': in defense of tacky ...
The Christian Century;
August 10, 1994 ;
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