stewed; stewing; stews
: to boil slowly or with simmering heat
1
: to become cooked by stewing
2
: to swelter especially from confinement in a hot or stuffy atmosphere
3
: to be in a state of suppressed agitation, worry, or resentment
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Examples of stew in a Sentence
Noun (1)
many in town are in a stew about the proposed plan to close at least one of the elementary schools
the audience went into a stew when the evacuation order was announced
the documentary looks at the stew of conspiracy theories inspired by the assassination
a red-light district full of down and dirty stews
Verb
The meat still needs to stew.
a can of stewed tomatoes
She's been stewing over what he said for days.
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Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2024
Local goat stew, red wine braised short ribs, and chicken and serrano ham croquettes also make appearances.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2024
Allison Robicelli, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
The infuser is removed when the tea is brewed, to avoid stewing the leaves, and a tea cozy does help keep the pot hot.
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Noun
There is ritual: Start by draining the stew’s broth into a bowl, and then mixing in torn pieces of accompanying flatbread.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2024
Local goat stew, red wine braised short ribs, and chicken and serrano ham croquettes also make appearances.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2024
Verb
The Frank gets topped with onions, which are best when they’re started on a fire then set aside to slowly stew and caramelize, melting in with the cream cheese and forming a sort of impromptu French onion dip.
—Allison Robicelli, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
The infuser is removed when the tea is brewed, to avoid stewing the leaves, and a tea cozy does help keep the pot hot.
Deepen your worldview
with Monitor Highlights.
—Owen Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2024
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“Stew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stew. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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