Bitter+taste

  • 51bitter — bit•ter [[t]ˈbɪt ər[/t]] adj., ter•er, ter•est, 1) having a harsh, acrid taste 2) phl producing one of the four basic taste sensations; not sour, sweet, or salt 3) hard to bear: a bitter sorrow[/ex] 4) causing pain: a bitter chill[/ex] 5)… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 52taste — I. verb (tasted; tasting) Etymology: Middle English, to touch, test, taste, from Anglo French taster, from Vulgar Latin *taxitare, frequentative of Latin taxare to touch, feel more at tax Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to become acquainted …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 53bitter —    Awa, awa awa.   Also: wai awa, awa awahia, awa awahua, mu e, mu emu e, mu amu a, ōmu e, ōmu emu e, mule, mulemule, haoa, haua īliki, malailena, ōlaelae; pēka a (very bitter), halahala, pū awa.   These words mean bitter to the taste, and… …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 54taste — taste1 [ teıst ] noun *** ▸ 1 flavor ▸ 2 ability to judge if good ▸ 3 types of thing you like ▸ 4 short experience of something ▸ 5 feeling from experience ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count or uncount the flavor that something creates in your mouth when you …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 55taste — [[t]te͟ɪst[/t]] ♦♦ tastes, tasting, tasted 1) N UNCOUNT Taste is one of the five senses that people have. When you have food or drink in your mouth, your sense of taste makes it possible for you to recognize what it is. ...a keen sense of taste.… …

    English dictionary

  • 56taste — I UK [teɪst] / US noun Word forms taste : singular taste plural tastes *** 1) [countable/uncountable] the flavour that something creates in your mouth when you eat or drink it I love the taste of chocolate. This peach has a sweeter taste than… …

    English dictionary

  • 57bitter — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English biter; akin to Old High German bittar bitter, Old English bītan to bite more at bite Date: before 12th century 1. a. being or inducing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 58Taste bud — Infobox Anatomy Name = Taste bud Latin = caliculus gustatorius GraySubject = 222 GrayPage = 991 Caption = Semidiagrammatic view of a portion of the mucous membrane of the tongue. Two fungiform papillæ are shown. On some of the filiform papillæ… …

    Wikipedia

  • 59taste bud — one of numerous small, flask shaped bodies, chiefly in the epithelium of the tongue, which are the end organs for the sense of taste. [1885 90] * * * ▪ anatomy  small organ located on the tongue in terrestrial vertebrates (vertebrate) that… …

    Universalium

  • 60bitter — bit|ter1 [ bıtər ] adjective ** 1. ) feeling angry or upset because of a bad experience, especially when you think that you have been treated unfairly: bitter about: I m still bitter about the whole affair. a ) involving very angry feelings: a… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English