stew
verb /stjuː/
/stuː/ Definition
› [T] to cook meat, fish, vegetables, or fruit slowly and gently in a little liquidPreparing food using heatPreparing food › [I] informal to be angry: You're not still stewing about what happened yesterday, are you?Becoming angry and expressing anger › [I] UK to do nothing useful: With jobs so scarce, many young people spend long hours with little to do but drink and stew.Passive and not working
(Definition of stew verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bake verb
- baste verb (POUR)
- batch-bake verb
- boil sth up phrasal verb
- boiled adjective
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- curry verb (FOOD)
- flash-fry verb
- fried adjective
- frizzled adjective
- fry verb
- kettle noun (EQUIPMENT)
- lightly adverb (GENTLY)
- render sth down phrasal verb
- rendering noun (OF DEAD ANIMALS)
- roast adjective
- sauté verb
- shallow-fry verb
- simmer verb
- stir-fry verb
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