n.
     - the sensation of flavour perceived in the mouth on contact with a substance. 
▸the faculty of perceiving this.
 - a small portion of food or drink taken as a sample.
 - a brief experience of something.
 - a person's liking for something.
 - the ability to discern what is of good quality or of a high aesthetic standard. 
▸conformity to a specified degree with generally held views on what is appropriate or offensive:
 a joke in bad taste.
 
v.
  - perceive or experience the flavour of. 
▸have a specified flavour.
 ▸sample or test the flavour of.
 ▸eat or drink a small portion of.
 - have experience of.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - to taste
 according to personal liking. 
    
   
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. tast (n.), taster (v.) ‘touch, try, taste’, perh. based on a blend of L. tangere ‘to touch’ and gustare ‘to taste’.