SAVOUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does savour mean? 

• SAVOUR (noun)
  The noun SAVOUR has 1 sense:

1. the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

  Familiarity information: SAVOUR used as a noun is very rare.

• SAVOUR (verb)
  The verb SAVOUR has 4 senses:

1. have flavor; taste of something

2. give taste to

3. taste appreciatively

4. derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in

  Familiarity information: SAVOUR used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAVOUR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("savour" is a kind of...):

gustatory perception; gustatory sensation; taste; taste perception; taste sensation (the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "savour"):

lemon (a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons)

vanilla (a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans)

Derivation:

savour (taste appreciatively)

savour (give taste to)

savour (have flavor; taste of something)

savoury (pleasing to the sense of taste)

savoury (having an agreeably pungent taste)

• SAVOUR (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they savour    ... he / she / it savours   
Past simple: savoured   
Past participle: savoured   
-ing form: savouring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have flavor; taste of something

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

savor; savour; taste

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "savour"):

smack; taste (have a distinctive or characteristic taste)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something ----s Adjective/Noun

Derivation:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Give taste to

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

savor; savour

Hypernyms (to "savour" is one way to...):

flavor; flavour; season (lend flavor to)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs savour the vegetables

Derivation:

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Taste appreciatively

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

savor; savour

Context example:

savor the soup

Hypernyms (to "savour" is one way to...):

taste (perceive by the sense of taste)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs savour the vegetables

Derivation:

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

savouring (taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

bask; enjoy; relish; savor; savour

Context example:

She relished her fame and basked in her glory

"Savour" entails doing...:

like (find enjoyable or agreeable)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "savour"):

feast one's eyes (look at with great enjoyment)

devour (enjoy avidly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue savour the movie

 Context examples 

Take care, Lizzy; that speech savours strongly of disappointment.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

It savoured of the trap, of bondage.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He rained upon it curses from God and High Heaven, and withered it with a heat of invective that savoured of a mediæval excommunication of the Catholic Church.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

What with the novelty of this cookery, the excellence of it, the bustle of it, the frequent starting up to look after it, the frequent sitting down to dispose of it as the crisp slices came off the gridiron hot and hot, the being so busy, so flushed with the fire, so amused, and in the midst of such a tempting noise and savour, we reduced the leg of mutton to the bone.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)