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Meaning of stewed

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

stewed

Pronunciation:/stuːd/

verb

Definitions

  1. To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.

    Example: I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole.

  2. To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.

  3. To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.

  4. To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Having been cooked by slowly boiling or simmering. See stew.

  2. Intoxicated by an excess of alcohol.

  3. (Of tea) Bitter from having been steeped too long.