Tasted Taste Teɪst Drink I Past Verb Flavour

• it tastes sweet.
• the ice tasted of mint.
• this drink tastes like sherry.
• foul-tasting medicine

taste

1. to have a particular flavour
• It tastes sweet.
• The ice tasted of mint.
• This drink tastes like sherry.
2. having a particular flavour
• foul-tasting medicine
3. to be able to recognize flavours in food and drink
• You can taste the garlic in this stew.
• I can't really taste anything with this cold.
4. to test the flavour of something by eating or drinking a small amount of it
• synonym try
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/try_1
• Taste it and see if you think there's enough salt in it.
5. to eat or drink food or liquid
• I've never tasted anything like it.
6. to have a short experience of something, especially something that you want more of
• He had tasted freedom only to lose it again.

Extra Examples

• The fish tasted faintly of garlic.
• The fruit tasted rather like mango.
• The water tasted strongly of chemicals.
• a cake which tasted of almonds
• I haven’t tasted meat since I started the journey.
• I’ve never tasted anything like it.
• Taste it and see if you think there’s enough salt in it.
• Would you like to taste the wine?

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they taste
• he / she / it tastes
• past simple tasted
• past participle tasted
• past simple tasting
• past participle tasting

Word Origin

• Middle English (also in the sense ‘touch’): from Old French tast (noun), taster (verb) ‘touch, try, taste’, perhaps based on a blend of Latin tangere ‘to touch’ and gustare ‘to taste’.