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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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taste
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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 competitiveness of the profession was not to his taste.
∎ (taste for)
a liking for or interest in (something):
have you lost your taste for fancy restaurants?
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the ability to discern what is of good quality or of a high aesthetic standard:
she has awful taste in literature.
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conformity or failure to conform with generally held views concerning what is offensive or acceptable:
that's a joke in very bad taste.
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v. [tr.]
perceive or experience the flavor of:
she had never tasted ice cream before.
∎ [intr.]
have a specified flavor:
the spinach tastes delicious.
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sample or test the flavor of (food or drink) by taking it into the mouth:
the waiter poured some wine for him to taste.
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eat or drink a small portion of.
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have experience of:
the team has not yet tasted victory at home.
PHRASES:
a bad
(or bitter) taste in someone's mouth inf.
a feeling of distress or disgust following an experience:
this incident has left a bad taste in all our mouths.
taste bloodsee blood.
to taste
in the amount needed to give a flavor pleasing to someone eating a dish:
add salt and pepper to taste.
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Taste buds vary widely in numbers, regardless of age.
PR Newswire; 1/14/1988; 700+ words
; ...taste sensation." Studying taste bud variation is just a portion...Among other discoveries: -- Taste buds appear to constantly change...remaining static. "Changing tastes in humans may be due to changing taste bud populations," he said...
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 "Daily Press (Newport News, VA)")
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Taste Unlimited buys Medik's Market: The name will change at Medik's, but the product line should expand into new areas.
Newspaper article from: Daily Press (Newport News, VA); 6/29/2007; 700+ words
; ...business by purchasing the South Hampton Roads Taste Unlimited chain and are now buying Medik...store is converted into the flagship for Taste Unlimited. The new owner plans on keeping...fill in the ample excess store space with Taste Unlimited stock. "The enormity of the...
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Expensive tastes and distributive justice.
Magazine article from: Social Theory and Practice; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; 1. The Problem of Expensive Tastes Egalitarians believe that a just distribution...the well-known problem of expensive tastes. Suppose that resources have been...person, Alan, cultivates expertsive tastes; he takes a wine-appreciation course...
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Taste buds engage in cross-talk.
Magazine article from: Science News; 11/11/1989; ; 647 words
; ...ways, even within a single taste bud, before sending their sensory...Moreover, the classical view that taste buds come in only four basic...oversimplified, he says. Although these tastes do represent the four basic...evidence indicates that individual taste buds, each containing about...
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Taste Receptor Cells Share Common Pathway.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 2/6/2003; 700+ words
; ...about each of these tastes is transmitted from the various taste receptors via a common...genetic manipulation of taste sensations in laboratory...discover how different tastes are perceived in...bitter and umami tastes. Umami is the taste of monosodium glutamate...
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Taste is complicated, involves brain, buds
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 11/23/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...says. You may trick taste buds, too. Consider...might find the greenery tastes OK after all, she suggests...leeks. And remember, taste dulls with age -- so...intense and everything tastes delicious, more delicious than it's going to taste at any moment thereafter...
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Taste testing may help identify alcoholism risk.
Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week; 7/14/2003; 700+ words
; ...perception without the possible interference of taste alterations that might occur in heavy drinkers...have also expanded the investigation of taste perception to include salty, sour, and bitter tastes." "Taste preference is an innate reaction that may...
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TASTE OF CHICAGO AT A GLANCE
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 6/29/1986; ; 656 words
; Cuisines at Taste of Chicago span the globe. From vegetarian...Portuguese and Russian. Admission to Taste of Chicago is free. To buy food and beverages...tickets at designated ticket booths. No Taste item will cost more than $3.50, and...
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Taste of Home, the # 1 Cooking Magazine in America, Kicks-off the 2nd Annual National Cooks Who Care Week November 9th-15th, 2009.
PR Newswire; 11/3/2009; 700+ words
; Taste of Home Hosts a Week of Food-Related Charitable...GREENDALE, Wis., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Taste of Home, the # 1 cooking magazine in the...selfless individuals who have given back, Taste of Home will host a series of events to engage...
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Taste gene sweetens life, but just for some
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/21/1991; ; 620 words
; ...holds across a variety of tastes, Bartoshuk said...trying to learn what the taste worlds of these three...nothing at all. The new taste sensitivity research...see how wide a range of tastes it covers. Another question...is that the ability to taste the chemical, and to...
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Taste Alteration
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
...in the ability to taste foods (hypogeusia), changes in how food tastes (dysgeusia), or...of the ability to taste foods (ageusia...neck can also cause taste alteration. Metallic or medicine-like tastes can be caused by a...
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Taste
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...tongue. The buds for sour tastes are on the sides of the...on the front. Bitter taste buds on the back of the...individuals unable to taste phenylthiocarbamide...chemical that normally tastes very bitter (and used...detecting the ability to taste it). However, some...
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taste
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...aesthetic standard: she has awful taste in literature. ∎...that's a joke in very bad taste . • v. [ tr. ] perceive...specified flavor: the spinach tastes delicious. ∎...poured some wine for him to taste. ∎ eat...
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Taste Receptors
Book article from: Chemistry: Foundations and Applications
...potassium channels in taste receptor cell membranes. Membrane Receptor Taste Stimuli In contrast, other tastes including sweetness...cross cell membranes. Taste and smell are well...proteins involved in some tastes have not yet been fully...
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Tastes
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Tastes It is telling that...of the five senses, taste , to denote human desires...compare A ’ s taste buds for sour cream...neuroscientists regard the taste buds as private, personal...x2019; assumption of tastes as private, personal...
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