Stew - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |stuː|  American pronunciation of the word stew
Brit.  |stjuː|  British pronunciation of the word stew

noun

- agitation resulting from active worry (syn: fret, lather, sweat)
don't get in a stew
- food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables

verb

- be in a huff; be silent or sullen (syn: brood, grizzle)
- bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings (syn: grudge)
- cook slowly and for a long time in liquid

Extra examples

The meat still needs to stew.

She's been stewing over what he said for days.

Stew the vegetables in the meat juice to make them tasty.

Cooper was stewing over his books.

They don't want a man to fret and stew about his work.

She just sat there stewing in her own juice.

...added spices to the stew with complete abandon...

She poured salt into the palm of her hand and then sprinkled it over the stew.

You need to pepper the stew more.

She concocted a stew from the leftovers.

...quickly diced some peppers and onions and threw them into the stew...

...the metal dipper left in the stew pot was too hot to touch...

The stew is full of flavor.

We had pork and hominy stew.

...the cook laded the stew into small bowls...

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: stew
he/she/it: stews
present participle: stewing
past tense: stewed
past participle: stewed
noun
singular: stew
plural: stews
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