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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth [syn: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang] v
1: have flavor; taste of something [syn: taste, savor, savour]
2: give taste to [syn: savor, savour]
3: taste appreciatively; "savor the soup" [syn: savor, savour]
4: derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory" [syn: enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savour]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun see savor I II. verb see savor II

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. (US savor) --n. 1 a characteristic taste, flavour, relish, etc. 2 a quality suggestive of or containing a small amount of another. 3 archaic a characteristic smell. --v. 1 tr. a appreciate and enjoy the taste of (food). b enjoy or appreciate (an experience etc.). 2 intr. (foll. by of) a suggest by taste, smell, etc. (savours of mushrooms). b imply or suggest a specified quality (savours of impertinence). Derivatives: savourless adj. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L sapor -oris f. sapere to taste

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Savor Sa"vor, n. [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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Savor Sa"vor, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Savored; p. pr. & vb. n. Savoring.] [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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(savours, savouring, savoured) Note: in AM, use 'savor' 1. If you savour an experience, you enjoy it as much as you can. She savored her newfound freedom... VERB: V n 2. If you savour food or drink, you eat or drink it slowly in order to taste its full flavour and to enjoy it properly. Savour the flavour of each mouthful, and chew your food well. VERB: V n