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1. (cooking) cook slowly and for a long time in liquid
   "Stew the vegetables in wine"
    
2. [Brit] Brew tea for too long, so that the flavour is too strong
    
3. [informal] Be in a huff; be silent or sullen
   - grizzle [informal], brood
    
4. [informal] Bear a grudge; harbour ill feelings
   - grudge
    
5. [informal] Be agitated or irritated
   "don't stew over these small details";
   - fret
    
6. [informal] Suffer from intense heat
   - swelter

1. Food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables
    
2. [informal] Agitation resulting from active worry
   "don't get in a stew";
   - fret, sweat [informal], lather, swither [UK, dialect]

Derived forms: stewed, stewing, stews

Type of: agitation, brood, cook, dish, perspire, pout, resent, sudate, sulk, sweat, worry

Encyclopedia: Stew