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

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

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

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

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

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“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?’

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