| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A desire for food or drink: appetite, hunger, stomach, thirst. See DESIRE. 2. A distinctive property of a substance affecting the gustatory sense: flavor, relish, sapor, savor, smack2, tang, zest. See TASTE. 3. A slight amount or indication: breath, dash, ghost, hair, hint, intimation, semblance, shade, shadow, soupçon, streak, suggestion, suspicion, tinge, touch, trace, whiff, whisper. Informal : whisker. See BIG, SHOW. 4. A liking for something: appetite, fondness, partiality, preference, relish, weakness. See LIKE. 5. A limited or anticipatory experience: foretaste, sample. See FORESIGHT. 6. The faculty or sense of discerning what is aesthetically pleasing or appropriate: tastefulness. See STYLE. | | VERB: | 1. To participate in or partake of personally. Also used with of: experience, feel, go through, have, know, meet1 (with), see, suffer, undergo. Archaic : prove. Idioms: run up against. See PARTICIPATE. 2. To undergo an emotional reaction: experience, feel, have, know, savor. See FEELINGS. 3. To have a particular flavor or suggestion of something: savor, smack2, smell, suggest. See SUGGEST.
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