tasting

(noun) a small amount (especially of food or wine).

(noun) a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds. Synonyms: taste. Example: "A wine tasting."

(noun) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality. Synonyms: savoring, savouring, relishing, degustation. Example: "Cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most."

(verb) have flavor; taste of something. Synonyms: taste, savor, savour.

(verb) perceive by the sense of taste. Synonyms: taste. Example: "Can you taste the garlic?."

(verb) take a sample of. Synonyms: sample, try, try out, taste. Examples: "Try these new crackers." "Sample the regional dishes."

(verb) have a distinctive or characteristic taste. Synonyms: smack, taste. Example: "This tastes of nutmeg."

(verb) distinguish flavors. Synonyms: taste. Example: "We tasted wines last night."

(verb) experience briefly. Synonyms: taste. Example: "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died."