n. The taking of a small amount of food or drink into the mouth in order to taste it.
v. Present participle of taste.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. 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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n. taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality
n. a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
n. 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_."