savoring : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: savoring	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for savoring
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
savoring n taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality; "cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most" Synonym(s): tasting, savoring, savouring, relishing, degustation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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.