SAVOR

relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang

(noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savour

(verb) derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; “She relished her fame and basked in her glory”

savor, savour

(verb) taste appreciatively; “savor the soup”

savor, savour

(verb) give taste to

taste, savor, savour

(verb) have flavor; taste of something

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

savor (plural savors)

American standard spelling of savour.

Etymology 2

Verb

savor (third-person singular simple present savors, present participle savoring, simple past and past participle savored)

American standard spelling of savour.

Anagrams

• 'sarvo, VAROs, Voras, arvos, sarvo

Source: Wiktionary


Sa"vor, n. Etym: [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. I smell sweet savors and I feel soft things. Shak.

2. Hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like. Why is not my life a continual joy, and the savor of heaven perpetually upon my spirit Baxter.

3. Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent. [R.] "Beyond my savor." Herbert.

4. Pleasure; delight; attractiveness. [Obs.] She shall no savor have therein but lite. Chaucer.

Syn.

– Taste; flavor; relish; odor; scent; smell.

Sa"vor, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Savored; p. pr. & vb. n. Savoring.] Etym: [Cf. OF. savorer, F. savourer. See Savor, n.] [Written also savour.]

1. To have a particular smell or taste; -- with of.

2. To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the presence or influence; to smack; -- with of. This savors not much of distraction. Shak. I have rejected everything that savors of party. Addison.

3. To use the sense of taste. [Obs.] By sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring, and feeling. Chaucer.

Sa"vor, v. t.

1. To perceive by the smell or the taste; hence, to perceive; to note. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

2. To have the flavor or quality of; to indicate the presence of. [R.] That cuts us off from hope, and savors only Rancor and pride, impatience and despite. Milton.

3. To taste or smell with pleasure; to delight in; to relish; to like; to favor. [R.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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