1. Organized sampling of foods or drinks, especially wine
   "The winery offered daily tastings"; "They attended a cheese tasting"
    
2. Act of enjoying food or drink slowly and appreciatively
   "cooking was fine but it was the tasting that he enjoyed most";
   - savoring [US], savouring [Brit, Cdn], relishing, degustation [rare]
    
3. A small amount (especially of food or wine)
   "The sommelier offered a tasting of the vineyard's finest vintage"

1. Have flavour; have a taste of something
   "The soup tasted of garlic";
   - savor [US], savour [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. Perceive by the sense of taste
   "Can you taste the garlic?"
    
3. Have a distinctive or characteristic taste
   "This tastes of nutmeg";
   - smack
    
4. Distinguish flavours
   "We tasted wines last night"
    
5. Take a sample of
   "taste the regional dishes";
   - sample, try, try out
    
6. Experience briefly
   "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died"

Derived forms: tastings

Type of: appear, comprehend, consume, eating, experience, feeding, have, identify, ingest, know, live, look, perceive, sample, seem, take, take in

Encyclopedia: Tasting