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Meanings of savour (savoured) in English

Portuguese
sabor
Catalan
sabor
Spanish
sabor

The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.

      sabor
      Portuguese
      agradar-se
      Catalan
      gaudir
      Spanish
      disfrutar

      Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in.

            agradar-se
            Usage of savoured in English
            1
            Earth breathed heavenward her sweet-savoured smoke; we breathed homeward our longing desires.
            Lilith: A Romance
            2
            One would almost think that it savoured of the powers of evil.
            A Surgeon in Belgium
            3
            His was a wise and instinctive temperateness that savoured of the Greek.
            When God Laughs, and Other Stories
            4
            He savoured the intoxicating drink, his body seized by a blissful languor.
            Metro 2033
            5
            And now that she saw nothing her palate savoured it more intensely.
            The Garden of Allah
            6
            None of the sweet child-flesh he savoured so much, just tough male-meat.
            Complete Books of Blood
            7
            This wonderfully diverse collection from a master storyteller is to be savoured.
            The Irish Times
            8
            Anything that savoured of federal interference with state rights was passionately resented.
            The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton
            9
            It must be owned, however, that his first attempt savoured of temerity.
            The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
            10
            Then he congratulated M. de Guersaint, whose paternal pride savoured divine enjoyment.
            The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 5
            11
            All the meals are designed as tapas to be savoured and shared.
            The South African
            12
            Gown was considered rather reprehensible, as it savoured of old ladies' bed-gowns.
            A Little Girl of Long Ago; Or, Hannah Ann / A Sequel to a Little...
            13
            A few moments' silence from Peer, greatly savoured by Roger and Daniel.
            The system of the world
            14
            Through masks, we ate monkey nuts and savoured breaking open their shells.
            Independent.ie
            15
            Was this a point to be savoured, or another match best quickly forgotten?
            The Guardian
            16
            The turning point, however, was to be savoured by their rivals.
            The Irish Times
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            Savoured through the time
            Savoured across language varieties
            Ireland
            Common
            United Kingdom
            Less common