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stewed

[ stood, styood ]
/ stud, styud /
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adjective
cooked by simmering or slow boiling, as food.
Slang. intoxicated; drunk.
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Origin of stewed

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

OTHER WORDS FROM stewed

un·stewed, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for stewed

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)
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