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
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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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 May 2025
The menu features dishes like chicken tikka masala, corned beef and vegetables, shepherd’s pie and beef stew.
—Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2025
Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
When journeyman veteran Luis García’s ninth pitch to Suárez in the sixth was called a ball to walk in the go-ahead run, Prior stewed.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 May 2025
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Noun
The dense, hot ball instead contains a stew of precious metals including platinum, ruthenium, and pretty much all of the planet’s gold.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 May 2025
The menu features dishes like chicken tikka masala, corned beef and vegetables, shepherd’s pie and beef stew.
—Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2025
Verb
Guests peered into industrial kitchens to see students prepare their dishes, or sat in on demos ranging from how to make Belizean stewed chicken over coconut rice to an ice sculpture presentation by Trade-Tech professor Martin Gilligan.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
When journeyman veteran Luis García’s ninth pitch to Suárez in the sixth was called a ball to walk in the go-ahead run, Prior stewed.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 May 2025
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“Stew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stew. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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