taste tasting | a kind of sensing, distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds, a wine tasting |
taste property | a property appreciated via the sense of taste |
tastebud taste bud gustatory organ | an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue |
taste cell gustatory cell | an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve |
modifier modifier gene | a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene |
taste gustation sense of taste gustatory modality | the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth, his cold deprived him of his sense of taste |
taste taste sensation gustatory sensation taste perception gustatory perception | the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus, the candy left him with a bad taste, the melon had a delicious taste |
taste appreciation discernment perceptiveness | delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values), arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success, to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste |
modifier qualifier | a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb |
dangling modifier misplaced modifier | a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us' |
taste | a brief experience of something, he got a taste of life on the wild side, she enjoyed her brief taste of independence |
preference penchant predilection taste | a strong liking, my own preference is for good literature, the Irish have a penchant for blarney |
acquired taste | a preference that is only acquired after considerable experience, martinis are an acquired taste |
taste mouthful | a small amount eaten or drunk, take a taste--you'll like it |
changer modifier | a person who changes something, an inveterate changer of the menu |
modifier | a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising |
taster taste tester taste-tester sampler | someone who samples food or drink for its quality |
trend-setter taste-maker fashion arbiter | someone who popularizes a new fashion |
taste | experience briefly, The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died |
sample try try out taste | take a sample of, Try these new crackers, Sample the regional dishes |
taste | perceive by the sense of taste, Can you taste the garlic? |
taste | distinguish flavors, We tasted wines last night |
taste savor savour | have flavor, taste of something |
smack taste c | have a distinctive or characteristic taste, This tastes of nutmeg |
change taste | alter the flavor of |
in good taste(p) | satisfying generally accepted social or esthetic standards |