figuratively |
1. adv. (manner) In a figurative manner. | |
2. adv. (speech act) Used to indicate that what follows is to be taken as a figure of speech, not literally. | |
mental |
1. adj. Of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process. | |
2. adj. (colloquial, comparable) Insane, mad, crazy. | |
He is the most mental freshman I've seen yet. | |
He went mental on us. | |
3. adj. (colloquial, UK, comparable) Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way. | |
That was a mental party last night. | |
4. adj. (anatomy) Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial. | |
the mental nerve; the mental region | |
5. adj. (biology) Of or relating to the chin-like or lip-like structure. | |
6. n. (zoology) A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile. | |
relish |
1. n. A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing. | |
2. n. Savor; quality; characteristic tinge. | |
3. n. A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness. | |
4. n. A cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment. | |
5. n. In a wooden frame, the projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece. | |
6. n. Something that is greatly liked or savoured. | |
7. v. To taste or eat with pleasure, to like the flavor of | |
8. v. to take great pleasure in. | |
He relishes their time together. | |
I don't relish the idea of going out tonight. | |
9. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To taste; to have a specified taste or flavour. | |
10. v. To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeable, to make appetizing. | |
intellectual |
1. adj. Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive. | |
intellectual powers, activities, etc. | |
2. adj. Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity | |
an intellectual person - | |
3. adj. Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the intellect | |
intellectual employments - | |
4. adj. Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind. | |
intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental" philosophy | |
5. adj. (archaic, poetic) Spiritual. | |
6. n. An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters. | |
7. n. (archaic) The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties. | |
taste |
1. n. One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals. | |
2. n. A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc. | |
Dr. Parker has good taste in wine. | |
3. n. Personal preference; liking; predilection. | |
I have developed a taste for fine wine. | |
4. n. (figuratively) A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole. | |
5. n. A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon. | |
6. v. To sample the flavor of something orally. | |
7. v. (intransitive) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavour is distinguished. | |
The chicken tasted great, but the milk tasted like garlic. | |
8. v. To experience. | |
I tasted in her arms the delights of paradise. | |
They had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom. | |
9. v. To take sparingly. | |
10. v. To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of. | |
11. v. (obsolete) To try by the touch; to handle. | |