to try or test the flavor or quality of (something) by taking some into the mouth:
to taste food.
2.
to eat or drink a little of:
She barely tasted her dinner.
3.
to eat or drink (often used in negative constructions):
He hadn't tasted food for three days.
4.
to perceive or distinguish the flavor of:
to taste the wine in a sauce.
5.
to have or get experience, especially a slight experience:
these young men who had only begun to taste life.
6.
to perceive in any way.
7.
Archaic. to enjoy or appreciate.