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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality;
- Example: "cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most"
[syn: tasting, savoring, savouring, relishing, degustation]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the presence or influence; to smack; -- with of. [1913 Webster] This savors not much of distraction. --Shak. [1913 Webster] I have rejected everything that savors of party. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 3. To use the sense of taste. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] By sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring, and feeling. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

savoring n 1: taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality; "cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most" [syn: tasting, savoring, savouring, relishing, degustation]