a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds | a slender bristlelike or tubular process |
delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values) | a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving |
the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus | how something is done or how it happens |
the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth | distinctive and stylish elegance |
a brief experience of something | the popular taste at a given time |
a strong liking | a particular kind (as to appearance) |
a small amount eaten or drunk | a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period |
| editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display |
| (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma |