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taste

schmecken

Definitionen

Englisch > Deutsch
taste
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] Geschmack, Empfindung bei der Nahrungsaufnahme über den Mund
3. [2] Geschmackssinn
4. [3] Geschmack, individuelle Vorlieben
5. Verb:
6. [1] ((transitiv)) schmecken, den Geschmack von etwas wahrnehmen
7. [2] ((intransitiv)) schmecken, einen bestimmten Geschmack haben
8. [3] ((transitiv)) Nahrung probieren
Englisch > Englisch
taste
1. subst. One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals.
2. subst. A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
Dr. Parker has good taste in wine.
3. subst. Personal preference; liking; predilection.
I have developed a taste for fine wine.
4. subst. (figuratively) A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
5. subst. 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.
Deutsch > Englisch
schmecken
1. v. (copulative, often with nach) to taste (good, bad, sweet, salty, etc.)
Das Bier schmeckt sehr gut. - The beer tastes very good.
Igitt, dieser Wein schmeckt nach Essig. - Yuck, this wine tastes like vinegar.
2. v. to enjoy (qual, the taste of something)
Hat es geschmeckt? - Did you enjoy it (the food)?
3. v. to taste good
Igitt! Das schmeckt nicht. - Yuck! That tastes bad.