Kilo Lingo

taste

/teɪst/

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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

Verb typeregular (taste, tastes, tasted)

Examples

soup?

Here "taste" means to notice the flavour with your mouth.

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"Tasted" is the past form of "taste".

sweet.

"Tastes" is the form used with he, she, or it.

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This word is part of lesson 14.