taste
/teɪst/noun
उच्चारण टेस्ट
स्वाद; रुचि
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as idiom
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[C, U]
the particular quality that different foods and drinks have that allows you to recognize them when you put them in your mouth; the sense that you have that allows you to recognize foods; a small amount of food or drink; a person's ability to recognize what is of good quality or appropriate; what a person likes or prefers
स्वाद; रुचि
- a sweet taste
- She has good taste in clothes.
- a taste for music
+ 5 more examples
- The soup has a salty taste.
- Many people lose their sense of taste when they have a cold.
- Have a taste of this sweet and tell me what you think.
- He has good taste in music.
- The film was in poor taste.
Synonyms flavour savour preference liking discernment
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[T, I]
to have a particular flavour; to recognize the flavour of food or drink; to test the flavour of something by eating or drinking a little of it; to experience something
स्वाद होना; चखना; अनुभव करना
- The soup tastes good.
- to taste success
- The lemonade tasted too sour.
+ 3 more examples
- I could taste the garlic in the curry.
- Please taste the tea and tell me if it needs more sugar.
- The team tasted victory after years of defeats.
Synonyms savour sample try experience relish
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
taste (linking verb) + adjective
Taste is a linking verb for flavour. After it, use an adjective, not an adverb: it tastes sweet.
'Taste' स्वाद के लिए linking verb है। इसके बाद adjective आता है, adverb नहीं: it tastes sweet।
- The mango tastes sweet.
- This tea tastes bitter.
taste of / like sth
Use taste of for the flavour in it, and taste like for similarity.
उसमें मौजूद स्वाद के लिए 'taste of' और समानता के लिए 'taste like' आता है।
- The soup tasted of garlic.
- This tastes like my grandmother's cooking.
taste sth (transitive: try / recognise)
As a transitive verb, taste means to try a small amount or to recognise a flavour. It is not used in the continuous form for the sense of flavour.
Transitive verb के रूप में 'taste' का अर्थ थोड़ा चखना या स्वाद पहचानना है। स्वाद के अर्थ में यह continuous रूप में नहीं आता।
- Taste the curry before you add salt.
- I can taste ginger in this tea.
a taste for sth / taste in sth
A taste for something means a liking for it. Taste in music or clothes means your personal preference.
'A taste for' का अर्थ किसी वस्तु के प्रति रुचि है। संगीत या कपड़ों में 'taste in' व्यक्तिगत पसंद है।
- He has a taste for old Hindi songs.
- She has good taste in clothes.
+Collocations 4
adjective + taste
sweetsourbittersaltyspicybland
- The lemon had a sour taste.
verb + taste
acquire ahave alose yourdevelop asuit your
- He acquired a taste for spicy food.
taste + noun
budstestsensationdifference
- Taste buds are on the tongue.
taste + adverb
goodawfuldeliciousstrangewonderful
- The dal tasted delicious.
“More examples 5
- Radhika tasted the sweet and said it needed more sugar.
राधिका ने मिठाई चखी और कहा कि उसमें और चीनी चाहिए।
- The medicine had a bitter taste.
दवा का स्वाद कड़वा था।
- His taste in music is very different from mine.
संगीत में उसकी रुचि मेरी रुचि से बहुत भिन्न है।
- This pickle tastes of mustard and lemon.
इस अचार में सरसों और नींबू का स्वाद है।
- The joke was in bad taste and offended many guests.
वह मज़ाक़ अशोभनीय था और उसने कई अतिथियों को आहत किया।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The sweet tastes deliciously.
✓ The sweet tastes delicious.
After taste as a linking verb, use an adjective.
Linking verb 'taste' के बाद adjective आता है।
✗ The soup is tasting salty.
✓ The soup tastes salty.
Taste, for flavour, is not used in the continuous form.
स्वाद के अर्थ में 'taste' continuous रूप में नहीं आता।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Taste, flavour and savour are food words with different uses.
Taste, flavour और savour भोजन से जुड़े शब्द हैं, पर उपयोग अलग हैं।
The sense or the quality that the tongue picks up.
जीभ द्वारा अनुभव की जाने वाली इंद्रिय या गुण।
- I like the taste of mango.
The full taste of a food, including smell.
भोजन का पूरा स्वाद, गंध सहित।
- The ice cream has a rich flavour.
To enjoy a taste slowly and fully.
किसी स्वाद का धीरे-धीरे पूरा आनंद लेना।
- She savoured every bite.
¶Idioms 2
in bad/poor taste
likely to offend people; not suitable for the occasion
अशोभनीय, अनुचित
- His joke about the accident was in very bad taste.
- Some of the advertisements were in poor taste.
in good taste
suitable and not likely to offend people
शालीन, उचित
- The decorations at the wedding were simple and in good taste.
- Her speech was humorous but always in good taste.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Keep apart tasty (having a pleasant flavour, of food), tasteful (attractive and showing good judgement: 'tasteful decoration') and tasteless (having no flavour; showing bad judgement or offensive: 'a tasteless joke').
Tasty (भोजन के लिए, स्वादिष्ट), tasteful (आकर्षक और अच्छी समझ दिखाने वाला, सुरुचिपूर्ण: 'tasteful decoration') और tasteless (स्वादहीन; बुरी समझ या आपत्तिजनक: 'a tasteless joke') को अलग रखिए।
§Grammar and usage
Taste is a linking verb followed by an adjective ('It tastes good', not 'tastes well'), like look, smell, sound and feel.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: taste linking verb है जिसके बाद adjective आता है ('It tastes good', 'tastes well' नहीं), look, smell, sound और feel की तरह।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
A taste of your own medicine (bad treatment like the bad treatment you gave others), leave a bad taste in your mouth, there's no accounting for taste (people like different things), in bad taste (offensive).
Idioms: a taste of your own medicine (दूसरों के साथ किए बुरे व्यवहार जैसा व्यवहार, जैसे को तैसा), leave a bad taste in your mouth, there's no accounting for taste (लोगों की पसंद भिन्न होती है), in bad taste (आपत्तिजनक)।