stew
🇺🇸
/stuː/
🇬🇧
/stjuː/
noun
R
a slow-cooked dish with meat and/or vegetables in liquid
I'm making a hearty beef stew for dinner tonight.
verb
R
to cook food slowly in liquid in a closed dish
The chicken needs to stew for at least three hours to be tender.
R
to worry or think deeply about something
He's been stewing over the problem all day.
translation
a slow-cooked dish with meat and/or vegetables in liquid
to cook food slowly in liquid in a closed dish; to worry or think deeply about something
Word Forms
3rd Present
stews
Past
stewed
Perfect
stewed
Progressive
stewing
Plural
stews