TASTING, participle present tense Perceiving by the tongue. 1. Trying; experiencing; enjoying or suffering. TASTING, noun The art of perceiving by the tongue. 1. The sense by which we perceive of distinguish savors; or the perception of external objects through the instrumentality of the tongue or organs of taste.
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