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ra·gout

 (ră-go͞o′)
n.
1. A well-seasoned meat or fish stew, usually with vegetables.
2. A mixture of diverse elements.

[French ragoût, from ragoûter, to revive the taste, from Old French ragouster : re-, re- + a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + gost, taste (from Latin gustus; see geus- in Indo-European roots).]
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ragout

(ræˈɡuː)
n
(Cookery) a richly seasoned stew of meat or poultry and vegetables
vb, -gouts (-ˈɡuːz) , -gouting (-ˈɡuːɪŋ) or -gouted (-ˈɡuːd)
(Cookery) (tr) to make into a ragout
[C17: from French, from ragoûter to stimulate the appetite again, from ra- re- + goûter from Latin gustāre to taste]
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ra•gout

(ræˈgu)

n.
a highly seasoned stew of meat or fish, with or without vegetables.
[1650–60; < French ragoût, n. derivative of ragoûter to restore the appetite of]
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ragout


Past participle: ragouted
Gerund: ragouting

Imperative
ragout
ragout
Present
I ragout
you ragout
he/she/it ragouts
we ragout
you ragout
they ragout
Preterite
I ragouted
you ragouted
he/she/it ragouted
we ragouted
you ragouted
they ragouted
Present Continuous
I am ragouting
you are ragouting
he/she/it is ragouting
we are ragouting
you are ragouting
they are ragouting
Present Perfect
I have ragouted
you have ragouted
he/she/it has ragouted
we have ragouted
you have ragouted
they have ragouted
Past Continuous
I was ragouting
you were ragouting
he/she/it was ragouting
we were ragouting
you were ragouting
they were ragouting
Past Perfect
I had ragouted
you had ragouted
he/she/it had ragouted
we had ragouted
you had ragouted
they had ragouted
Future
I will ragout
you will ragout
he/she/it will ragout
we will ragout
you will ragout
they will ragout
Future Perfect
I will have ragouted
you will have ragouted
he/she/it will have ragouted
we will have ragouted
you will have ragouted
they will have ragouted
Future Continuous
I will be ragouting
you will be ragouting
he/she/it will be ragouting
we will be ragouting
you will be ragouting
they will be ragouting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been ragouting
you have been ragouting
he/she/it has been ragouting
we have been ragouting
you have been ragouting
they have been ragouting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been ragouting
you will have been ragouting
he/she/it will have been ragouting
we will have been ragouting
you will have been ragouting
they will have been ragouting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been ragouting
you had been ragouting
he/she/it had been ragouting
we had been ragouting
you had been ragouting
they had been ragouting
Conditional
I would ragout
you would ragout
he/she/it would ragout
we would ragout
you would ragout
they would ragout
Past Conditional
I would have ragouted
you would have ragouted
he/she/it would have ragouted
we would have ragouted
you would have ragouted
they would have ragouted
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.ragout - well-seasoned stew of meat and vegetables
stew - food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables
salmi - ragout of game in a rich sauce
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Translations
ragout
ragoûtraguu
ragu

ragout

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ragout

[ræˈguː] nragoût mrag rug ntapis m en lirette
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ragout

n (Cook) → Ragout nt
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Hurst, by whom Elizabeth sat, he was an indolent man, who lived only to eat, drink, and play at cards; who, when he found her to prefer a plain dish to a ragout, had nothing to say to her.
And THIS is what I wished to have" (laying his hand on my shoulder): "this young girl, who stands so grave and quiet at the mouth of hell, looking collectedly at the gambols of a demon, I wanted her just as a change after that fierce ragout. Wood and Briggs, look at the difference!
Here are also some dolphins' livers, which you take to be ragout of pork.
"Nought, my sire, save that I have heard men say that there is a dish named an olla which is prepared there, though I have never been clear in my mind as to whether it was but a ragout such as is to be found in the south, or whether there is some seasoning such as fennel or garlic which is peculiar to Spain."
Now, there's Dinah gets you a capital dinner,--soup, ragout, roast fowl, dessert, ice-creams and all,--and she creates it all out of chaos and old night down there, in that kitchen.
"Ragout and fricandeau - and see here, my good fellow!
For the mains, there's loin of cod with saffron potatoes; braised beef and tomato ragout, or indulge in the char grill menu that includes a 10oz sirloin steak, a 10oz ribeye, and an 8oz fillet dry-aged in the grill's new dedicated ageing room.
Cucina in Marco Polo Ortigas has a special spread of chicken piccata on tomato and olive ragout with tagliatelle in basil pesto and grilled Australian lamb.
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