Definitions of sample:

• noun:   a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
• noun:   all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class
• noun:   items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
• verb:   take a sample of

  Example: "Sample the regional dishes"

• name:  A surname (common: 1 in 16666 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #2212)