stewed

American  

[stood, styood] / stud, styud /

adjective

1. cooked by simmering or slow boiling, as food.

2. Slang. intoxicated; drunk.

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stewed British  

/ stjuːd /

adjective

1. (of meat, fruit, etc) cooked by stewing

2. (of tea) having a bitter taste through having been left to infuse for too long

3. a slang word for drunk

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Other Word Forms

• unstewed adjective

Etymology

Origin of stewed

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; stew ¹, -ed ²

Example Sentences

Crucially, I discovered I wasn’t using nearly enough wine or cream when I stewed mushrooms.

From The Wall Street Journal

Inside the shell as the smoke clears is stewed lamb over a cream-filled Japanese pancake.

From Salon

As he stewed, Tesla’s rivals have been preparing for a robot future of their own.

From The Wall Street Journal

But by then, they had already stewed on their Game 5 clunker long enough.

From Los Angeles Times

The idea came from dinner at Le Bouchon, where they serve a winter cheesecake with stewed fruit and — yes — granola.

From Salon