Savor

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of savour. US, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "[B]y our Sences which conceiue al Colours, Sounds, Sents, Sauors, and Féelings; wée may ſee, heare, ſmell, taſt, and feele, that one ſelfſame workman made both the Sences, and the things that are ſubiect to the Sences."

  2. 2
    the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of savour. US, alt-of, alternative

    "So theſe olde huddles hauing ouercharged their gorges with fancie, accompte all honeſt recreation méere follly,^([sic]) and hauinge taken a ſurfet of delyght, ſéeme now to ſauor it with deſpight."

  2. 2
    derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in wordnet
  3. 3
    taste appreciatively wordnet
  4. 4
    give taste to wordnet
  5. 5
    have flavor; taste of something wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
enjoyrelishtasteadoreaffectionaftertaste

Example

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"O time, suspend your flight! and you, happy hours, suspend your race: let us savor the fleeting delights of our fairest days!"

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