stew
/stu/ verb C2- To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering. · I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole.· The meat is stewing nicely.
- To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
- To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
- To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
He/she/it stews · Past stewed · Past participle stewed · -ing form stewing
Verb forms
- Base form
- stew
- He/she/it
- stews
- Past
- stewed
- Past participle
- stewed
- -ing form
- stewing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
It was, indeed, Peppino who was preparing to mount guard as comfortably as possible by seating himself opposite to the door, and placing between his legs an earthen pan, containing chick-peas stewed with bacon.
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