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
   "I forgot about my tea and let it stew for half an hour"
    
3. [informal] Be agitated or irritated
   "don't stew over these small details";
   - fret
    
4. [informal] Bear a grudge; harbour ill feelings
   "She stewed over the insult for weeks";
   - grudge
    
5. [informal] Suffer from intense heat
   "The tourists stewed in the hot sun";
   - swelter
    
6. [informal] Remain in a state of gloomy displeasure or resentment
   "She is stewing because she didn't get what she wanted";
   - sulk, pout, brood, grizzle [informal]

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

Derived forms: stews, stewing, stewed

Type of: agitation, cook, dish, experience, feel, perspire, resent, sudate, sweat, worry

Encyclopedia: Stew