Meaning of taste In English

• 0 the flavour of something, or the ability of a person or animal to recognize different flavours:

  • I love the taste of garlic.

  • Olives are usually an acquired taste (= you only like them after you have become familiar with their taste).

  • When you have a cold you often lose your sense of taste.

  • She came home from Europe with a taste for art and the finer things in life.

  • Have a taste of the sauce and tell me if it needs salt.

• 1 a person's approval of and liking for particular things:

  • I'm not really into new cars - old vintage cars are more to my taste (= what I like).

  • He has terrible taste so you can probably imagine what his house looks like.

  • His taste in clothes leaves a little to be desired.

  • I have expensive tastes (= I like expensive things).

• 2 a short experience of something:

  • I had a taste of office work during the summer and that was enough.

• 3 to put food or drink in your mouth to find out what flavour it has:

  • Taste this sauce and tell me if it needs seasoning.

  • What is this? I've never tasted anything like it.

  • This sauce tastes strange.

  • This coffee tastes like dishwater!

  • UK The bread tastes of onions.

• 4 to experience something for a short time:

  • Once you've tasted luxury it's very hard to settle for anything else.

• 5 a flavor and feeling produced by food or drink in your mouth that tells you what it is and lets you appreciate it, or the ability to have this feeling:

  • [ U ] Sugar has a sweet taste and lemons have a sour taste.

  • [ U ] I’ve lost my taste for (= stopped enjoying the taste of) spicy foods.

  • [ C usually sing ] Have a taste of this sauce and tell me if it’s too salty.

  • [ C usually sing ] fig. I had a taste of (= I briefly experienced) factory work last summer, and I didn’t like it at all.

• 6 a person’s ability to judge and appreciate what is good and suitable, esp. in art, beauty, style, and behavior:

  • [ U ] Barbara has good/poor taste in clothes.

  • [ C ] My son and I have very different tastes in music.

• 7 to have a particular flavor:

  • [ L ] Coffee always tastes good in the morning.

  • [ I always + adv/prep ] This tastes as if/as though/like it has pepper in it.

  • [ T ] I hope you can taste the garlic.

  • [ T ] Taste (= try a little of) this and tell me if you like it.