stewed

[ stood, styood ]

/ stud, styud /

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adjective

cooked by simmering or slow boiling, as food.

Slang. intoxicated; drunk.

Nearby words

stewart island, stewart, james, stewart-holmes sign, stewart-treves syndrome, stewbum, stewed, stewpan, stewpot, steyr, stg, stg.

Origin of stewed

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at stew¹, -ed²

Related forms

un·stewed, adjective

Definition for stewed (2 of 2)

stew

[ stoo, styoo ]

/ stu, styu /

verb (used with object)

to cook (food) by simmering or slow boiling.

verb (used without object)

to undergo cooking by simmering or slow boiling.

Informal. to fret, worry, or fuss: He stewed about his chaotic state of affairs all day.

to feel uncomfortable due to a hot, humid, stuffy atmosphere, as in a closed room; swelter.

noun

a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat and vegetables.

Informal. a state of agitation, uneasiness, or worry.

a brothel; whorehouse.

stews, a neighborhood occupied chiefly by brothels.

Obsolete. a vessel for boiling or stewing.

Origin of stew

1350–1400; Middle English stewen, stuwen to take a sweat bath < Middle French estuver, verbal derivative of estuve sweat room of a bath; see stove¹

SYNONYMS FOR stew

5 ragout.

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Related forms

stew·a·ble, adjective

Synonym study

1. See boil¹.

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Examples from the Web for stewed

The stewed cabbage is insanely tender, vegetable-sweet, and more luxurious than cabbage has a right to be.
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Stewed apples, dusted with cinnamon, are an ideal companion to spicy food.
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The savory smell of stewed meat drifts through the cold air.
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For Stewed Brussels Sprouts Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil and place a bowl of ice water to the side.
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The rhino beetle—fried, stewed, grilled, or roasted—is high in calcium and protein.
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There were strawberries too, and stewed rhubarb, and chocolate layer cake.
The Pigeon Tale|Virginia Bennett
No one could tell how he got hold of the most secret information while stewed.
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The rowboat trollers fumed and stewed and took their troubles to Jack MacRae.
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Strain the gravy in which it was stewed, and stir into it two glasses of madeira, and the juice and grated peel of a lemon.
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The whole party had been collecting limpets and seaweed to eat with the stewed seal bones.
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British Dictionary definitions for stewed (1 of 3)

stewed

/ (stjuːd) /

adjective

(of meat, fruit, etc) cooked by stewing

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

a slang word for drunk (def. 1)

British Dictionary definitions for stewed (2 of 3)

stew

/ (stjuː) /

noun

a dish of meat, fish, or other food, cooked by stewing
(as modifier)stew pot

informal a difficult or worrying situation or a troubled state (esp in the phrase in a stew)

a heterogeneous mixturea stew of people of every race

(usually plural) archaic a brothel

obsolete a public room for hot steam baths

verb

to cook or cause to cook by long slow simmering

(intr) informal to be troubled or agitated

(intr) informal to be oppressed with heat or crowding

to cause (tea) to become bitter or (of tea) to become bitter through infusing for too long

stew in one's own juice to suffer unaided the consequences of one's actions

Word Origin for stew

C14 stuen to take a very hot bath, from Old French estuver, from Vulgar Latin extūfāre (unattested), from ex- 1 + (unattested) tūfus vapour, from Greek tuphos

British Dictionary definitions for stewed (3 of 3)

stew

/ (stjuː) /

noun British

a fishpond or fishtank

an artificial oyster bed

Word Origin for stew

C14: from Old French estui, from estoier to shut up, confine, ultimately from Latin studium study

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Idioms and Phrases with stewed

stew

In addition to the idiom beginning with stew

stew in one's own juice

also see:

in a stew

stewed

adjective

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Definition for stewed (2 of 2)

stew

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

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British Dictionary definitions for stewed (1 of 3)

stewed

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British Dictionary definitions for stewed (2 of 3)

stew

noun

verb

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British Dictionary definitions for stewed (3 of 3)

stew

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