savour
IPA: sˈeɪvɝ
noun
- The specific taste or smell of something.
- A distinctive sensation.
- Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent.
- Pleasure; appreciation; relish.
verb
- (intransitive) To possess a particular taste or smell, or a distinctive quality.
- (transitive) To appreciate, enjoy or relish something.
- (transitive, archaic) To season.
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Examples of "savour" in Sentences
- a tang, a savour, which is peculiar and fascinating.
- _ -- 'All the pieces have that rare savour which is the Author's secret.'
- Life lost a lot of its savour - one doesn't realize how much "savour" is smell.
- According to the legend, God preferred the 'savour' of the lambs, so perhaps, -- who knows!
- This savour is communicated insensibly, for our life is hid; but inseparably, for grace is a good part that shall never be taken away from those who have it.
- I understand that it is pretty old news, but this was the most inspiring speech I ever heard, and wanted the visitors of Groundreport to "savour" this speech
- The variety of leniency of the different officials, and of the same officials on different days, gave a certain savour of adventure to the dreariness of prison life.
- "savour," refuses to condemn tobacco utterly, because of what he considers its valuable medicinal qualities, and he goes so far as to give "10 precepts in the use of" tobacco.
- His organ is the tongue with his tasting nerves; the medium, a watery juice; the object, taste, or savour, which is a quality in the juice, arising from the mixture of things tasted.
- For is not that which is a savour of life to some, that is, to those that are within the purpose of God's love, and whom he intends effectually to call, and to convert to himself; I say, is not the same termed a savour of death to others? that is, to the obstinate and impenitent, and such as God leaves to themselves.
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