stewed; stewing; stews
: to boil slowly or with simmering heat
1
: to become cooked by slowly boiling or simmering in liquid
2
: to swelter especially from confinement in a hot or stuffy atmosphere
3
: to be in a state of suppressed agitation, worry, or resentment
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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Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 17 Dec. 2025
The diverse menu will have more than 100 items, including multiple varieties of dosa, vegetarian and non-vegetarian curries, biryani, parotta flatbread, tandoori, sambar stew, ragi mudde balls, soups, steamed idli rice cakes, machurian, medu vada fritters, pongal and more.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Vogue, 12 Dec. 2025
Stew meat is a tougher cut of meat (often from the shoulder of the cow) and is best for slow, moist-heat cooking methods like stewing or braising.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 11 Dec. 2025
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Noun
At some point, this potato salad turns into a stew that no one asked for.
—Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 17 Dec. 2025
The diverse menu will have more than 100 items, including multiple varieties of dosa, vegetarian and non-vegetarian curries, biryani, parotta flatbread, tandoori, sambar stew, ragi mudde balls, soups, steamed idli rice cakes, machurian, medu vada fritters, pongal and more.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Verb
Lentils stewed with bell peppers, for example, is a good dish to help relieve fatigue.
—Vogue, 12 Dec. 2025
Stew meat is a tougher cut of meat (often from the shoulder of the cow) and is best for slow, moist-heat cooking methods like stewing or braising.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 11 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stew
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“Stew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stew. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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