stewed

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/stuːd/ English

Definitions

verb

To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.“I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole.”
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.

adjective

Having been cooked by slowly boiling or simmering. See stew.
Intoxicated by an excess of alcohol.
(Of tea) Bitter from having been steeped too long.

Related words

Synonyms

brood fret sweat worry bake boil swelter poached boiled cooked potted lit fretted prunes steamed stir-fried beaten roast

Associated

braised tripe fritters dumplings garnished macaroni eggplant sauerkraut tofu grilled minced cabbage

Rhymes

shrewd crude subdued fortitude lewd brood elude aptitude preclude ineptitude

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