Found 3 hits - Term: savour, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
savor \sa"vor\, v. i. imp. p. p. savored; p. pr. vb. n.
savoring. cf. of. savorer, f. savourer. see savor, n.
written also savour.
1. to have a particular smell or taste; -- with of.
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2. to partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the
presence or influence; to smack; -- with of.
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this savors not much of distraction. --shak.
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i have rejected everything that savors of party.
--addison.
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3. to use the sense of taste. obs.
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by sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring,
and feeling. --chaucer.
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see also:
savored savoring savor savour
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
savor \sa"vor\, n. oe. savour, savor, savur, of. savor, savour,
f. saveur, fr. l. sapor, fr. sapere to taste, savor. see
sage, a., and cf. sapid, insipid, sapor. written
also savour.
1. that property of a thing which affects the organs of taste
or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the
savor of an orange or a rose; an ill savor.
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i smell sweet savors and i feel soft things. --shak.
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2. hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic
property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like.
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why is not my life a continual joy, and the savor of
heaven perpetually upon my spirit? --baxter.
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3. sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent. r.
"beyond my savor." --herbert.
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4. pleasure; delight; attractiveness. obs.
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she shall no savor have therein but lite. --chaucer.
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syn: taste; flavor; relish; odor; scent; smell.
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see also:
sage sapid insipid sapor savour
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
savour
n : the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into
the mouth syn: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity,
savor, smack, tang
v 1: have flavor; taste of something syn: taste, savor
2: give taste to syn: savor
3: taste appreciatively; "savor the soup" syn: savor
4: derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take
pleasure in; "she relished her fame and basked in her
glory" syn: enjoy, bask, relish, savor
see also:
relish flavor flavour sapidity savor smack
tang taste enjoy bask
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