Stewing

verb

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

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

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

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

3.verbTo suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.

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

5.nounThe act by which something is stewed.

"The meat was still tough even after repeated stewings."

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