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Definition of stew verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    stew

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//stu//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they stew
     
     he / she / it stews
     
     past simple stewed
     
     -ing form stewing
     
     
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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
    3. Idioms
    let somebody stew (in their own juice) (informal)
     
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    to leave someone to worry and suffer the unpleasant effects of their own actions
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