sour

Definition

• n. a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
• n. the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
• v. go sour or spoil
• v. make sour or more sour

Word forms

Past participle

soured

Past tense

soured

Third person singular

sours

Present participle

souring

Comparative

sourer

Superlative

sourest

Example sentences

1. a.

   The milk has gone sour and smells terrible.

2. vi.

   The fruit will sour if left out in the sun for too long.

3. vt.

   The news of the cancellation soured her mood.

4. n.

   I enjoy the sour taste of lemonade on a hot day.