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  • 1 taste

    [teist] 1. verb
    1) (to be aware of, or recognize, the flavour of something: I can taste ginger in this cake.) jausti (skonį)
    2) (to test or find out the flavour or quality of (food etc) by eating or drinking a little of it: Please taste this and tell me if it is too sweet.) (pa)ragauti
    3) (to have a particular flavour or other quality that is noticed through the act of tasting: This milk tastes sour; The sauce tastes of garlic.) atsiduoti, turėti (kokį) skonį
    4) (to eat (food) especially with enjoyment: I haven't tasted such a beautiful curry for ages.) ragauti
    5) (to experience: He tasted the delights of country life.) patirti
    2. noun
    1) (one of the five senses, the sense by which we are aware of flavour: one's sense of taste; bitter to the taste.) skonis
    2) (the quality or flavour of anything that is known through this sense: This wine has an unusual taste.) skonis
    3) (an act of tasting or a small quantity of food etc for tasting: Do have a taste of this cake!) ragavimas
    4) (a liking or preference: a taste for music; a queer taste in books; expensive tastes.) skonis, pomėgis
    5) (the ability to judge what is suitable in behaviour, dress etc or what is fine and beautiful: She shows good taste in clothes; a man of taste; That joke was in good/bad taste.) skonis
    - tastefully
    - tastefulness
    - tasteless
    - tastelessly
    - tastelessness
    - - tasting
    - tasty
    - tastiness

    English-Lithuanian dictionary > taste

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