Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A small amount of food or drink.
- n. The taking of a small amount of food or drink into the mouth in order to taste it.
- v. present participle of taste.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of perceiving or tasting by the organs of taste; the faculty or sense by which we perceive or distinguish savors.
WordNet 3.0
- 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)
Examples
“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_.”
“Prosecutors allege that Berndt spoon-fed his semen to blindfolded children as part of what he called a "tasting game.”
“Berndt, 61, allegedly spoon-fed his semen to children as part of what he called a "tasting game" in which children were blindfolded and, in some cases, gagged with tape.”
“Here's the deal: Natural cocoa, which can be strong-tasting, is acid.”
“Blind tasting is supposed to be the most fair and objective, yes?”
French winemakers found guilty in pinot noir fraud | Dr Vino's wine blog
“Of course, tasting is a matter of opinion and others have expressed their views (captured, in part, in our tweet roundup).”
Bordeaux 2009: all over but the pricing | Dr Vino's wine blog
“Blind tasting is tough – tasting Bordeaux 2005 with Robert Parker”
Tasting Bordeaux 2005 blind with Robert Parker | Dr Vino's wine blog
“As others have noted, the Bordeaux tasting is almost entirely barrel samples.”
Does the Wine Advocate buy over $700,000 worth of wine a year? | Dr Vino's wine blog
“Going up to the Napa Valley to the Rutherford Dust tasting is not an endorsement of everything from Rutherford.”
Anthony Dias Blue, bloggers, and the exposure package | Dr Vino's wine blog
“Is a tart, under ripe, thin tasting wine any more or less”
Lettie Teague in WSJ: "alcohol delivers flavors" | Dr Vino's wine blog
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