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1[transitive, intransitive] stew (something) to cook something slowly, or allow something to cook slowly, in liquid in a closed dish stewed apricots The meat needs to stew for two hours.
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- 2[intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to think or worry about something I've been stewing over the problem for a while. If you're feeling upset, try not to stew. Idioms
stew
verbNAmE//stu//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they stew he / she / it stews
past simple stewed
-ing form stewing
to leave someone to worry and suffer the unpleasant effects of their own actions
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