Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tasting
3 senses of tasting
Sense 1
tasting -- (a small amount (especially of food or wine))
=> sample -- (a small part of something intended as representative of the whole)
Sense 2
taste, tasting -- (a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds; "a wine tasting")
=> sensing, perception -- (becoming aware of something via the senses)
Sense 3
tasting, savoring, savouring, relishing, degustation -- (taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality; "cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most")
=> eating, feeding -- (the act of consuming food)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb taste
6 senses of taste
Sense 1
taste, savor, savour -- (have flavor; taste of something)
Sense 2
taste -- (perceive by the sense of taste; "Can you taste the garlic?")
=> perceive, comprehend -- (to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon")
Sense 3
sample, try, try out, taste -- (take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes")
=> consume, ingest, take in, take, have -- (serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee")
Sense 4
smack, taste -- (have a distinctive or characteristic taste; "This tastes of nutmeg")
=> taste, savor, savour -- (have flavor; taste of something)
Sense 5
taste -- (distinguish flavors; "We tasted wines last night")
=> identify -- (consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives")
Sense 6
taste -- (experience briefly; "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died")
=> know, experience, live -- (have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces")
