Tasting

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of perceiving or tasting by the organs of taste; the faculty or sense by which we perceive or distinguish savors.
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  • noun. A small amount of food or drink.
  • noun. The taking of a small amount of food or drink into the mouth in order to taste it.
  • verb. Present participle of taste.
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  • noun. taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality
  • noun. a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
  • noun. a small amount (especially of food or wine)
  • Word Usage
    "V. v.308 (300,3) By tasting of our wrath] [W: hasting] There is no need of change; the consequence is taken for the whole action; _by tasting_ is _by forcing us to make thee taste_."
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