"savor" Definition

Definitions for the word "savor" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. a.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. a.
Pleasure; delight; attractiveness.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
To have a particular smell or taste; -- with of.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the presence or influence; to smack; -- with of.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
To use the sense of taste.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To perceive by the smell or the taste; hence, to perceive; to note.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To have the flavor or quality of; to indicate the presence of.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. t.
To taste or smell with pleasure; to delight in; to relish; to like; to favor.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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