savor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
    nip; tang; flavour; savour; sapidity; smack; flavor; relish.
  2. verb derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
    enjoy; savour; bask; relish.
    • She relished her fame and basked in her glory
  3. verb have flavor; taste of something
    taste; savour.
  4. verb taste appreciatively
    savour.
    • savor the soup
  5. verb give taste to
    savour.

WordNet

Sa"vor noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  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.
Sa"vor intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. OF. savorer, F. savourer. See Savor, n.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Savored ; present participle & verbal noun Savoring
Definitions
  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.
Sa"vor transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To perceive by the smell or the taste; hence, to perceive; to note. Obs. B. Jonson.
  2. To have the flavor or quality of; to indicate the presence of. R.
    That cuts us off from hope, and savors only Rancor and pride, impatience and despite. Milton.
  3. To taste or smell with pleasure; to delight in; to relish; to like; to favor. R. Shak.

Webster 1913