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# taste

«taste» in Mova's school dictionary: **The flavour of food or drink in your mouth: "a sweet taste"** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (taste, tastes); verb (taste, tastes, tasted, tasting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The flavour of food or drink in your mouth: "a sweet taste". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taste/#m1)

2) The sense that lets you notice flavours, mainly with your tongue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taste/#m2)

3) As a verb, to try a little food or drink to find its flavour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taste/#m3)

4) As a verb, to have a certain flavour: "It tastes salty." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taste/#m4)

5) What a person likes: "She has good taste in music." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taste/#m5)

6) A small try: "a taste of life in Canada". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taste/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In science, taste is one of the five senses; the tongue senses sweet, sour, salty, bitter and savoury (umami); smell helps taste. In safety: never taste unknown liquids, berries, mushrooms or medicines. Phrases: taste of, in good taste, bad taste, taste buds, an acquired taste.

### examples

- The lemon tastes sour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taste/#x1)
- Taste the soup and add salt if needed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taste/#x2)
- We taste with our tongue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taste/#x3)
- Never taste berries you don't know. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taste/#x4)
- I like the taste of strawberries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taste/#x5)
- She has great taste in clothes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taste/#x6)
- That joke was in bad taste. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taste/#x7)
- Your taste buds are on your tongue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taste/#x8)
- The witch took a spoonful and tasted it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taste/#x9)

### note

After "taste" use an adjective: "tastes good", not "tastes well". Myth: the tongue does not have separate areas for each taste. Some poisons look like juice — don't taste them.

### In the corpora

- [AI "tasted" millions of sentences or pictures in the same way and learned what usually goes together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/1-what-is-ai/2/)
- [A chatbot has no body, so it cannot taste chocolate, smell flowers or feel tired.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/1-what-is-ai/9/)
- [On matters of taste, like cats versus dogs, there is no single right answer, so bots usually avoid taking sides.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily/17/)
- [Critics and review sites give scores, but those are opinions, and your own taste may differ.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/11/)
- [Critics write reviews with reasons; you can read their reasons and still disagree, as taste is personal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «taste» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taste/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.