Meaning

4 senses
  1. (ergative, intransitive, transitive)To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.

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

    The meat is stewing nicely.

    schmoren, dünsten, dämpfen

    туши́тьtušítʹ, потуши́тьpotušítʹ

    cook slowly and for a long time in liquid

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

    aufbrühen

  3. (figuratively, intransitive)To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.

    schwitzen

  4. (figuratively, intransitive)To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.

    schäumen, aufregen

Examples

192 sentences
  1. I know that Tom won't like the stew that Mary made.

    Я знаю, що Тому не сподобається тушковане м'ясо, яке зробила Мері. — deniko

  2. The stew is still warm.

    Рагу все ще тепле. — deniko

    ruРагу всё ещё тёплое. — nina99nv

  3. Don't forget to stir the stew.

    ruНе забудьте помешать рагу. — marafon

    deVergiss nicht den Schmortopf umzurühren. — mrtaistoi

  4. Tom tasted the stew and frowned.

  5. I had beef stew for lunch.

    ruНа обед у меня была тушёная говядина. — odexed

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to cook (food):
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to cook (food):
to brew (tea):
to suffer under hot conditions:
to be in a state of elevated anxiety:

Origin

From Middle English stewen, stuwen, from the noun above; and also from Middle English stiv

From Middle English stewen, stuwen, from the noun above; and also from Middle English stiven, styven (“to bathe, cook, stew”).

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Forms

stews, stewing, stewed, stewed
Base formstew · to stew
3rd person singularstews
Present participlestewing
Past simplestewed
Past participlestewed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystew
he, she, itstews

Past simpleLesson

all personsstewed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stewed
he, she, ithas stewed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stew

Synonyms

9 synonyms
suffer under hot conditions:bakeA2boilA2sweatA2swelter
be in a state of elevated anxiety:broodC2worryA2fret
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

Collocations

10 patterns
  • eat the stew
  • beef stew
  • the stew that
  • like the stew
  • in the stew
  • stew for dinner
  • make stew
  • make stew for
  • to the stew
  • the stew was

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stew — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto