Function and Taste

noun

• Mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function. ()
  • synonyms: mathematical function, single-valued function, map, mapping
• What something is used for.
  • usage: "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it"
  • synonyms: purpose, role, use
• The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group.
  • usage: "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"
  • synonyms: office, part, role
• A relation such that one thing is dependent on another.
  • usage: "height is a function of age"; "price is a function of supply and demand"
• A formal or official social gathering or ceremony.
  • usage: "it was a black-tie function"
• A vaguely specified social event.
  • usage: "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions"
  • synonyms: affair, occasion, social occasion, social function
• A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program.
  • synonyms: routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure

verb

• Perform as expected when applied.
  • usage: "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"
  • synonyms: work, operate, go, run
• Serve a purpose, role, or function.
  • usage: "The tree stump serves as a table"; "The female students served as a control group"; "This table would serve very well"; "His freedom served him well"; "The table functions as a desk"
  • synonyms: serve
• Perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function.
  • usage: "His wife officiated as his private secretary"
  • synonyms: officiate

• (v.i.) Alternative of Functionate.
• (n.) The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession.
• (n.) A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in the former. Each quantity is said to be a function of the other. Thus, the circumference of a circle is a function of the diameter. If x be a symbol to which different numerical values can be assigned, such expressions as x2, 3x, Log. x, and Sin. x, are all functions of x.
• (n.) The act of executing or performing any duty, office or calling; per formance.
• (n.) The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the various organs and parts of the body.
• (n.) The natural or assigned action of any power or faculty, as of the soul or of the intellect; the exertion of an energy of some determinate kind.
• (n.) A public or social ceremony or gathering; a festivity or entertainment, especially one somewhat formal.
• (n.) A religious ceremony, especially one particularly impressive and elaborate.

noun

• The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus.
  • usage: "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste"
  • synonyms: taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception
• A strong liking.
  • usage: "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"
  • synonyms: preference, penchant, predilection
• Delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values. )
  • usage: "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste"
  • synonyms: appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
• A brief experience of something.
  • usage: "he got a taste of life on the wild side"; "she enjoyed her brief taste of independence"
• A small amount eaten or drunk.
  • usage: "take a taste-you'll like it"
  • synonyms: mouthful
• The faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth.
  • usage: "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"
  • synonyms: gustation, sense of taste, gustatory modality
• A kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds.
  • usage: "a wine tasting"
  • synonyms: tasting

verb

• Have flavor; taste of something.
  • synonyms: savor, savour
• Perceive by the sense of taste.
  • usage: "Can you taste the garlic"
• Take a sample of.
  • usage: "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes"
  • synonyms: sample, try, try out
• Have a distinctive or characteristic taste.
  • usage: "This tastes of nutmeg"
  • synonyms: smack
• Distinguish flavors.
  • usage: "We tasted wines last night"
• Experience briefly.
  • usage: "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died"

• (v.t.) To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo.
• (v.i.) To take sparingly.
• (n.) Essay; trial; experience; experiment.
• (n.) A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
• (v.i.) To try food with the mouth; to eat or drink a little only; to try the flavor of anything; as, to taste of each kind of wine.
• (n.) The act of tasting; gustation.
• (n.) A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tastted of eaten; a bit.
• (v.i.) To have perception, experience or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of nature's bounty.
• (n.) The one of the five senses by which certain properties of bodies (called their taste, savor, flavor) are ascertained by contact with the organs of taste.
• (v.t.) To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
• (n.) Manner, with respect to what is pleasing, refined or in accordance with good usage; style; as, music composed in good taste; an epitaph in bad taste.
• (v.i.) To have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to have a particular quality or character; as, this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes of garlic.
• (n.) A particular sensation excited by the application of a substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of any substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as, the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an acid taste; a sweet taste.
• (v.t.) To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively.
• (v.t.) To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.
• (n.) Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study.
• (n.) The power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order, congruity, proportion, symmetry or whatever constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment.
• (v.t.) To partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.