stewed

[stood, styood]

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adjective

cooked by simmering or slow boiling, as food.

Slang. intoxicated; drunk.

Origin of stewed

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

Related formsun·stewed, adjective

stew

[stoo, styoo]

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

Related formsstew·a·ble, adjective

Synonyms for stew

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5. ragout.

Synonym study

1. See boil¹.

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Related Words for stewed

glazed, muddled, inebriate, plastered, inebriated, intoxicated, flying, crocked, befuddled, lit, sloshed, stoned, wasted, flushed, potted, tanked, bashed, buzzed, totaled, besotted

Examples from the Web for stewed

Contemporary Examples of stewed

The stewed cabbage is insanely tender, vegetable-sweet, and more luxurious than cabbage has a right to be.
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June 8, 2014
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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December 22, 2013
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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October 15, 2013
The rhino beetle—fried, stewed, grilled, or roasted—is high in calcium and protein.
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Historical Examples of stewed

Put the oysters upon it with the liquor in which they were stewed.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
Eliza Leslie
Fresh pork may be stewed in this manner, or with sweet potatoes.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
Eliza Leslie
A cold duck that has been under-done may be stewed in this manner.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
Eliza Leslie
Pigeons may be split and broiled, like chickens; also stewed or fricasseed.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
Eliza Leslie
Send it to table with all the bread and the herbs that were stewed in it.
The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;
Charlotte Campbell Bury

British Dictionary definitions for stewed

stewed

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)

stew

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

stew

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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Word Origin and History for stewed

stew

c.1400, "to bathe in a steam bath," from Old French estuver (French étuver) "bathe, stew," of uncertain origin. Common Romanic (cf. Spanish estufar, Italian stufare), possibly from Vulgar Latin *extufare "evaporate," from ex- "out" + *tufus "vapor, steam," from Greek typhos "smoke." Cf. Old English stuf-bæþ "hot-air bath;" see stove. Meaning "to boil slowly, to cook meat by simmering it in liquid" is attested from early 15c. The meaning "to be left to the consequences of one's actions" is from 1650s, from figurative expression to stew in one's own juices. Slang stewed "drunk" first attested 1737.

stew

c.1300, "vessel for cooking," from stew (v.). Later "heated room" (late 14c.). The noun meaning "stewed meat with vegetables" is first recorded 1756; Irish stew is attested from 1814. The obsolete slang meaning "brothel" (mid-14c., usually plural, stews) is from an earlier sense of "public bath house," carried over from Old French and reflecting the reputation of such houses.

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