/teɪst/
Translation
To notice the flavour of food or drink with your mouth.
Word origin
From Old French taster, to touch or try, later to try with the mouth.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- taster
Grammar
Examples
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Here "taste" means to notice the flavour with your mouth.
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"Tasted" is the past form of "taste".
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"Tastes" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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(1)Grammar articles
(4)As vs like in English: swims like a fish, works as a waiter, and the truth about like I said
Future in the past: was going to, would, was about to, and the grammar of plans that failed
Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
Time clauses in English: when, while, as soon as, until, before and after
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