Found 2 items, similar to Flavor.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: flavor flavor v : lend flavor to; “Season the chicken breast after roasting it” [syn: season, flavour] flavor n 1: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; “the feel of the city excited him”; “a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting”; “it had the smell of treason” [syn: spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavour, look, smell] 2: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth [syn: relish, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang] 3: (physics) the kinds of quarks and antiquarks [syn: flavour]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Flavor Flavor \Fla"vor\, n. [OF. fleur, flaur (two syllables), odor, cf. F. fleurer to emit an odor, It. flatore a bad odor, prob. fr. L. flare to bow, whence the sense of exhalation. Cf. Blow.] [Written also flavour.] 1. That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose. [1913 Webster] 2. That quality of anything which affects the taste; that quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; savor; as, the flavor of food or drink. [1913 Webster] 3. That which imparts to anything a peculiar odor or taste, gratifying to the sense of smell, or the nicer perceptions of the palate; a substance which flavors. [1913 Webster] 4. That quality which gives character to any of the productions of literature or the fine arts. [1913 Webster] Flavor \Fla"vor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flavored; p. pr. & vb. n. Flavoring.] To give flavor to; to add something (as salt or a spice) to, to give character or zest. [1913 Webster]