sample

Noun

Singular sample

Plural samples

1. (countable) A sample is a small amount of something to try or test it.

   The nurse took a small blood sample.

   The data come from a study of a random sample of adult (aged 15 and over) deaths.

Verb

Plain form sample

Third-person singular samples

Past tense sampled

Past participle sampled

Present participle sampling

1. (transitive) If you sample something, you try or test a small amount of it.

   After sampling each of the wines, she bought the one she liked best.