stewed

[stood, styood]

adjective

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

2. Slang.,  intoxicated; drunk.

stewed

/ 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

Other Word Forms

• unstewed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of stewed¹

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

Example Sentences

“And turtles? And the fact that, like, it’s all stewed up with, like, chilies and peppers and onions and like, ‘Oh, you really made this a dish?’

From Los Angeles Times

I was tired of winter desserts, of fudgy cakes and stewed fruits, of warm spices clinging to everything like a wool coat.

From Salon

He stewed in it for days on end, unable to shake it loose.

From Los Angeles Times

The sea turtle was cooked as adobo, a popular Filipino dish consisting of meat and vegetables stewed in vinegar and soy sauce.

From BBC

Forced to rest for a couple of weeks after being sliced, stitched and fixed, Roigard stewed over a prognosis of at least six months out.

From BBC