S: (n) preference, penchant, predilection, taste (a strong liking) "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"
S: (n) taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness (delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)) "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste"
S: (n) taste (a brief experience of something) "he got a taste of life on the wild side"; "she enjoyed her brief taste of independence"
S: (n) taste, mouthful (a small amount eaten or drunk) "take a taste--you'll like it"
S: (n) taste, gustation, sense of taste, gustatory modality (the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth) "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"
S: (n) taste, tasting (a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds) "a wine tasting"