What is the meaning of the word "taste"?

Definitions:

a brief experience of something noun
- I got a taste of life on the wild side in the big city.
a kind of sensing noun
- distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
a small amount eaten or drunk noun
- take a tasteyou'll like it
delicate discrimination, especially of aesthetic values noun
- Arrogance and lack of taste don't often lead to rapid success in life.
distinguish flavors verb
- We tasted wines last night
experience briefly verb
- The exslave tasted freedom shortly before they died.
have a distinctive or characteristic taste verb
- This tastes of nutmeg
have flavor verb
- taste of something
perceive by the sense of taste verb
- Can you taste the garlic?
the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth noun
- My cold deprived me of my sense of taste.
the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus noun
- The candy left them with a bad taste.