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DEGUST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does degust mean?
• DEGUST (verb)
The verb DEGUST has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: DEGUST used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they degust ... he / she / it degusts
Past simple: degusted
Past participle: degusted
-ing form: degusting
Past simple: degusted
Past participle: degusted
-ing form: degusting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Taste with relish
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Context example:
degust this wonderful soup
Hypernyms (to "degust" is one way to...):
sample; taste; try; try out (take a sample of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
degustation (taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality)
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