From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Flavor \Fla"vor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flavored}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Flavoring}.]
To give flavor to; to add something (as salt or a spice) to,
to give character or zest.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Flavor \Fla"vor\, n. [OF. fleur, flaur (two syllables), odor,
cf. F. fleurer to emit an odor, It. flatore a bad odor, prob.
fr. L. flare to bow, whence the sense of exhalation. Cf.
{Blow}.] [Written also {flavour}.]
1. That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor;
fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.
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2. That quality of anything which affects the taste; that
quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; savor;
as, the flavor of food or drink.
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3. That which imparts to anything a peculiar odor or taste,
gratifying to the sense of smell, or the nicer perceptions
of the palate; a substance which flavors.
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4. That quality which gives character to any of the
productions of literature or the fine arts.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flavor
n 1: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the
effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited
him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it
had the smell of treason" [syn: {spirit}, {tone}, {feel},
{feeling}, {flavor}, {flavour}, {look}, {smell}]
2: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into
the mouth [syn: {relish}, {flavor}, {flavour}, {sapidity},
{savor}, {savour}, {smack}, {nip}, {tang}]
3: (physics) the six kinds of quarks [syn: {flavor}, {flavour}]
v 1: lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting
it" [syn: {season}, {flavor}, {flavour}]
From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]:
flavor
n.
1. [common] Variety, type, kind. ?DDT commands come in two flavors.? ?These
lights come in two flavors, big red ones and small green ones.? ?Linux is a
flavor of Unix? See {vanilla}.
2. The attribute that causes something to be {flavorful}. Usually used in
the phrase ?yields additional flavor?. ?This convention yields additional
flavor by allowing one to print text either right-side-up or upside-down.?
See {vanilla}. This usage was certainly reinforced by the terminology of
quantum chromodynamics, in which quarks (the constituents of, e.g.,
protons) come in six flavors (up, down, strange, charm, top, bottom) and
three colors (red, blue, green) ? however, hackish use of flavor at MIT
predated QCD.
3. The term for class (in the object-oriented sense) in the LISP Machine
Flavors system. Though the Flavors design has been superseded (notably by
the Common LISP CLOS facility), the term flavor is still used as a general
synonym for class by some LISP hackers.
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