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Sample

A small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like
Investigations involved analysing samples of handwriting

Taste

The gustatory system or sense of taste is the sensory system that is partially responsible for the perception of taste (flavor). Taste is the perception produced or stimulated when a substance in the mouth reacts chemically with taste receptor cells located on taste buds in the oral cavity, mostly on the tongue.

Sample

A sound or piece of music created by sampling
Piano samples

Taste

The sensation of flavour perceived in the mouth and throat on contact with a substance
The wine had a fruity taste

Sample

Take a sample or samples of (something) for analysis
Bone marrow cells were sampled
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Taste

A person's liking for particular flavours
This pudding is too sweet for my taste

Sample

Ascertain the momentary value of (an analogue signal) many times a second so as to convert the signal to digital form
The input signal must be sampled at twice its highest frequency

Taste

The ability to discern what is of good quality or of a high aesthetic standard
She has frightful taste in literature

Sample

A portion, piece, or segment that is representative of a whole
Showed samples of a new stretch fabric.

Taste

Perceive or experience the flavour of
She had never tasted ice cream before
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Sample

A specimen taken for analysis or testing
A blood sample.
A water sample.

Taste

Have experience of
The team has not yet tasted victory at home

Sample

(Statistics) A set of data or elements drawn from a larger population and analyzed to estimate the characteristics of that population. Also called sampling.

Taste

To distinguish the flavor of by taking into the mouth.

Sample

A usually digitized audio segment taken from an original recording and inserted, often repetitively, in a new recording.

Taste

To eat or drink a small quantity of.

Sample

One of a series of pieces of data representing a digitized approximation of an analog signal.

Taste

To partake of, especially for the first time; experience
Prisoners finally tasting freedom.

Sample

To take a sample of, especially to test or examine by a sample
The restaurant critic who must sample a little of everything.

Taste

(Archaic) To appreciate or enjoy.

Sample

To use or incorporate (an audio segment of an original recording) in a new recording
A song that samples the bassline of a 1970s disco tune.

Taste

To distinguish flavors in the mouth.

Sample

To represent the value of (an analog signal) at a particular point in time by means of a piece of digital data.

Taste

To have a distinct flavor
The stew tastes salty.

Sample

Serving as a representative or example
Sample test questions.
A sample piece of fabric.

Taste

To eat or drink a small amount.

Sample

A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
A blood sample

Taste

To have experience or enjoyment; partake
Tasted of the life of the very rich.

Sample

(statistics) A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.
Large samples are generally more reliable than small samples due to having less variability.

Taste

The sense that distinguishes the sweet, sour, salty, and bitter qualities of dissolved substances in contact with the taste buds on the tongue.

Sample

(cooking) A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.

Taste

This sense in combination with the senses of smell and touch, which together receive a sensation of a substance in the mouth.

Sample

(business) A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.

Taste

The sensation of sweet, sour, salty, or bitter qualities produced by a substance placed in the mouth.

Sample

(music) Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.

Taste

The unified sensation produced by any of these qualities plus a distinct smell and texture; flavor.

Sample

(obsolete) Example; pattern.

Taste

A distinctive perception as if by the sense of taste
An experience that left a bad taste in my mouth.

Sample

(transitive) To take or to test a sample or samples of.

Taste

The act of tasting.

Sample

To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.

Taste

A small quantity eaten or tasted.

Sample

To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music.

Taste

A limited or first experience; a sample
"Thousands entered the war, got just a taste of it, and then stepped out" (Mark Twain).

Sample

To make or show something similar to a sample.

Taste

A personal preference or liking
A taste for adventure.
A play that was not to my taste.

Sample

Example; pattern.
Thus he concludes, and every hardy knightHis sample followed.

Taste

The ability to recognize and appreciate what is beautiful, excellent, or appropriate
Has good taste in clothes.

Sample

A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples.
I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss.

Taste

The sense of what is proper, seemly, or least likely to give offense in a given social situation
A remark made in bad taste.

Sample

To make or show something similar to; to match.

Taste

(Obsolete) The act of testing; trial.

Sample

To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths.

Taste

One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
He had a strange taste in his mouth.
Venison has a strong taste.

Sample

A small part of something intended as representative of the whole

Taste

The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
His taste was impaired by an illness.

Sample

Items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population

Taste

A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.

Sample

All or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class

Taste

A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
Dr. Parker has good taste in wine.

Sample

Take a sample of;
Try these new crackers
Sample the regional dishes

Taste

Personal preference; liking; predilection.
I have developed a taste for fine wine.

Taste

A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
Such anecdotes give one a taste of life on a trauma ward.

Taste

A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.

Taste

(transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.

Taste

To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished.
The chicken tasted great, but the milk tasted like garlic.

Taste

(transitive) To identify (a flavor) by sampling something orally.
I can definitely taste the marzipan in this cake.

Taste

To experience.
I tasted in her arms the delights of paradise.
They had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.

Taste

To take sparingly.

Taste

To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.

Taste

(obsolete) To try by the touch; to handle.

Taste

To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.
Taste it well and stone thou shalt it find.

Taste

To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively.
When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine.
When Commodus had once tasted human blood, he became incapable of pity or remorse.

Taste

To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
I tasted a little of this honey.

Taste

To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo.
He . . . should taste death for every man.

Taste

To partake of; to participate in; - usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.
Thou . . . wilt tasteNo pleasure, though in pleasure, solitary.

Taste

To try food with the mouth; to eat or drink a little only; to try the flavor of anything; as, to taste of each kind of wine.

Taste

To have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to have a particular quality or character; as, this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes of garlic.
Yea, every idle, nice, and wanton reasonShall to the king taste of this action.

Taste

To take sparingly.
For age but tastes of pleasures, youth devours.

Taste

To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of nature's bounty.
The valiant never taste of death but once.

Taste

The act of tasting; gustation.

Taste

A particular sensation excited by the application of a substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of any substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as, the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an acid taste; a sweet taste.

Taste

The one of the five senses by which certain properties of bodies (called their taste, savor, flavor) are ascertained by contact with the organs of taste.

Taste

Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; - formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study.
I have no tasteOf popular applause.

Taste

The power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order, congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment.

Taste

Manner, with respect to what is pleasing, refined, or in accordance with good usage; style; as, music composed in good taste; an epitaph in bad taste.

Taste

Essay; trial; experience; experiment.

Taste

A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tasted or eaten; a bit.

Taste

A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
What, then, is taste, but those internal powers,Active and strong, and feelingly aliveTo each fine impulse? a discerning senseOf decent and sublime, with quick disgustFrom things deformed, or disarranged, or grossIn species? This, nor gems, nor stores of gold,Nor purple state, nor culture, can bestow,But God alone, when first his active handImprints the secret bias of the soul.

Taste

The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus;
The candy left him with a bad taste
The melon had a delicious taste

Taste

A strong liking;
My own preference is for good literature
The Irish have a penchant for blarney

Taste

Delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values);
Arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success
To ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste

Taste

A brief experience of something;
He got a taste of life on the wild side
She enjoyed her brief taste of independence

Taste

A small amount eaten or drunk;
Take a taste--you'll like it

Taste

The faculty of taste;
His cold deprived him of his sense of taste

Taste

A kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds;
A wine tasting

Taste

Have flavor; taste of something

Taste

Take a sample of;
Try these new crackers
Sample the regional dishes

Taste

Perceive by the sense of taste;
Can you taste the garlic?

Taste

Have a distinctive or characteristic taste;
This tastes of nutmeg

Taste

Distinguish flavors;
We tasted wines last night

Taste

Experience briefly;
The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died

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