savor
/ˈseɪvəɹ/ verb C2- To detect (a flavour or taste, or food or drink); to taste; specifically, to enjoy or linger on (a flavour or taste, or food and drink); to relish. · He closed his eyes so he could really savour his dessert.
- To give (food or drink) flavour; to flavour, to season.
- To enjoy (something) deeply or in a lingering manner; to appreciate, to delight in, to relish.
- To find (something) appealing; to appreciate, to like.
- To possess a particular (often negative) quality, especially a small amount of it; to be redolent or suggestive of.
Plural savor · He/she/it savors · Past savored · Past participle savored · -ing form savoring
Verb forms
- Base form
- savor
- He/she/it
- savors
- Past
- savored
- Past participle
- savored
- -ing form
- savoring
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One June evening, when the orchards were pink blossomed again, when the frogs were singing silverly sweet in the marshes about the head of the Lake of Shining Waters, and the air was full of the savor of clover fields and balsamic fir woods, Anne was sitting by her gable window.
Select a colorful box with resolute conviction, savor your morning meal, and actively reclaim your precious time from the tyranny of endless deliberation.
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