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tastest

tastest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of taste.

Meaning of taste

Verb

taste (third-person singular simple present tastes, present participle tasting, simple past and past participle tasted)

  1. (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
    • when the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 2:9
    Synonyms:
    smack
  2. (copulative, intransitive) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished.
    • The chicken tasted great, but the milk tasted like garlic.
    Synonyms:
    hint
  3. (transitive) To identify (a flavor) by sampling something orally.
    • I can definitely taste the marzipan in this cake.
  4. (figuratively, transitive) To experience.
    • I tasted in her arms the delights of paradise.
  5. To take sparingly.
    • Age but tastes of pleasures, youth devours.1699, John Dryden, Epistle to John Drydenhttps://books.google.es/books?id=0fo_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA147&dq=%22Age+but+tastes+of+pleasures,+youth+devours%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwihhoWhjrzqAhV9URUIHYdFCJw4ChDo...
  6. To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
    • I tasted a little of this honey.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 14:29

See all 15 meanings of taste

Origin of tastest

taste + -est

Questions about tastest

What is tastest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tastest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of taste.

Words near tastest in the dictionary

  1. tastemaking
  2. taster
  3. tasters
  4. tastes
  5. tastes blood
  6. tastest
  7. tasteth
  8. tastevin
  9. tastevins
  10. tastewise
  11. tastey

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