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Definition of flavour verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

flavour

verb
 
/ˈfleɪvə(r)/
 
/ˈfleɪvər/
(US English flavor)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they flavour
 
/ˈfleɪvə(r)/
 
/ˈfleɪvər/
he / she / it flavours
 
/ˈfleɪvəz/
 
/ˈfleɪvərz/
past simple flavoured
 
/ˈfleɪvəd/
 
/ˈfleɪvərd/
past participle flavoured
 
/ˈfleɪvəd/
 
/ˈfleɪvərd/
-ing form flavouring
 
/ˈfleɪvərɪŋ/
 
/ˈfleɪvərɪŋ/
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  1. flavour something (with something) to add something to food or drink to give it more taste or a particular taste
    • This dish is flavoured with basil and garlic.
    Topics Cooking and eatingb2
    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘fragrance, aroma’): from Old French flaor, perhaps based on a blend of Latin flatus ‘blowing’ and foetor ‘stench’; the -v- appears to have been introduced in Middle English by association with savour. Senses (1 to 3) date from the late 17th cent.
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adverb
 
 
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