Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
SAMPLE
sample
(noun) a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
sample
(noun) all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class
sample, try, try out, taste
(verb) take a sample of; “Try these new crackers”; “Sample the regional dishes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Sample (plural Samples)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sample is the 3150th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11471 individuals. Sample is most common among White (68.43%) and Black/African American (25.25%) individuals.
Anagrams
• maples, psalme
Etymology
Noun
sample (plural samples)
A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
(statistics) A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.
(cooking) A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.
(business) A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc, typically given away for free.
(music) Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.
(obsolete) Example; pattern.
Synonyms
• specimen
• example
Hyponyms
• product sample
Verb
sample (third-person singular simple present samples, present participle sampling, simple past and past participle sampled)
(transitive) To take or to test a sample or samples of.
(transitive, signal processing) To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.
(music, transitive) To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music.
(transitive, computer graphics) To make or show something similar to a sample.
Anagrams
• maples, psalme
Noun
SAMPLE (uncountable)
(emergency medicine) Initialism of signs and symptoms, allergies, medications, past pertinent history, last oral intake, events leading to present illness.
Anagrams
• maples, psalme
Source: Wiktionary
Sam"ple, n. Etym: [OE. sample, asaumple, OF. essample, example, fr. L. exemplum. See Example, and cf. Ensample, Sampler.]
1. Example; pattern. [Obs.] Spenser. "A sample to the youngest." Shak. Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight His sample followed. Fairfax.
2. A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples. I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss. Woodward.
Syn.
– Specimen; example. See Specimen.
Sam"ple, v. t.
1. To make or show something similar to; to match. Bp. Hall.
2. To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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