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savor
a characteristic taste, flavor, etc.; to appreciate or enjoy the taste of; to enjoy an experience
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sa·vor
(sā′vər)n.
1. A specific taste or smell: the savor of fresh mint.
2. The quality of something that is perceived as taste or smell: "There is little savor in dead men's meat" (Stephen Vincent Benét).
3. A distinctive quality or characteristic: enjoyed the savors of local life on their trip.
v. sa·vored, sa·vor·ing, sa·vors
v.intr.
1. To have a particular taste or smell: a dish that savors of curry.
2. To exhibit a specified quality or characteristic; smack: postures that savored of vanity.
v.tr.
1. To taste or smell, especially with pleasure: savored each morsel of the feast.
2. To appreciate fully; enjoy or relish: I want to savor this moment of accomplishment.
[Middle English savour, from Old French, from Latin sapor, from sapere, to taste; see sep- in Indo-European roots.]
sa′vor·er n.
sa′vor·ous adj.
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sa•vor
(ˈseɪ vər)n.
1. the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
2. a particular taste or smell.
3. distinctive quality or property.
4. power to excite or interest.
5. Archaic. repute.
v.i. 6. to have savor, taste, or odor.
7. to hint or smack (often fol. by of): business practices savoring of greed.
v.t. 8. to give a savor to; season; flavor.
9. to perceive by taste or smell, esp. with relish.
10. to give oneself to the enjoyment of: to savor the best in life.
Also, esp. Brit.,sa′vour.[1175–1225; (n.) Middle English sav(o)ur < Old French savour < Latin sapōrem, acc. of sapor taste, derivative of sapere to taste (compare sapient); (v.) < Old French savourer < Late Latin sapōrāre, derivative of sapor]
sa′vor•er, n.
sa′vor•ous, adj.
usage: See -or1.
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savor
Past participle: savored
Gerund: savoring
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| Noun | 1. |  savor - the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouthgustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation - the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste" lemon - a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons vanilla - a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans |
| Verb | 1. |  savor - derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory"feast one's eyes - look at with great enjoyment; "She feasted her eyes on the Tuscan landscape" devour - enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels" |
| 2. | savor - have flavor; taste of something | |
| 3. | savor - taste appreciatively; "savor the soup" taste - perceive by the sense of taste; "Can you taste the garlic?" | |
| 4. | savor - give taste to cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
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savor
noun1. A distinctive property of a substance affecting the gustatory sense:
2. A distinctive yet intangible quality deemed typical of a given thing:
3. A distinctive element:
3. To undergo an emotional reaction:
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savour
(American) savor (ˈseivə) verb to eat, drink usually slowly in order to appreciate taste or quality. He savoured the delicious soup.
ˈsavoury adjective having a usually salty or sharp, but not sweet, taste or smell. a savoury omelette.
noun something savoury served with eg alcoholic drinks.
savour of to have a suggestion or give an impression of (usually something bad). Their action savours of rebellion.
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