Stew
noun
A type of food, often a mixture of vegetables and meat or fish, cooked slowly in a liquid.
I made a chicken stew for dinner.
Often appears as...
- cook a stew
- chicken stew
noun
A state of worry, distress, or anxiety.
She's in a stew about her upcoming exam.
Often appears as...
- in a stew
- don't stew
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
To cook food slowly in a liquid in a closed dish or pan.
She's stewing the vegetables for the soup now.
Often appears as...
- stew vegetables
- stew meat
verb
To worry or fret about something.
Don't stew over your mistakes, learn from them.
Often appears as...
- stew over mistakes
- stew in one's juices
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A type of food, often a mixture of vegetables and meat or fish, cooked slowly in a liquid.
I made a chicken stew for dinner.
Often appears as...
- cook a stew
- chicken stew
noun
A state of worry, distress, or anxiety.
She's in a stew about her upcoming exam.
Often appears as...
- in a stew
- don't stew
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
To cook food slowly in a liquid in a closed dish or pan.
She's stewing the vegetables for the soup now.
Often appears as...
- stew vegetables
- stew meat
verb
To worry or fret about something.
Don't stew over your mistakes, learn from them.
Often appears as...
- stew over mistakes
- stew in one's juices
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Variety
The word 'stew' represents diverse dishes worldwide with specific cultural variations and ingredients.
Have you ever tried an Irish lamb stew?
Pro Tip 2/3Cooking Time
'Stew' implies a longer cooking time to achieve a tender and flavorsome meal.
Let the beef stew simmer for a few hours.
Pro Tip 3/3Comfort Food
Stews are often associated with home cooking and comfort, especially in cold weather.
Mom's chicken stew always warms us up in winter.
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Variety
The word 'stew' represents diverse dishes worldwide with specific cultural variations and ingredients.
Have you ever tried an Irish lamb stew?
Pro Tip 2/3Cooking Time
'Stew' implies a longer cooking time to achieve a tender and flavorsome meal.
Let the beef stew simmer for a few hours.
Pro Tip 3/3Comfort Food
Stews are often associated with home cooking and comfort, especially in cold weather.
Mom's chicken stew always warms us up in winter.
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Variety
The word 'stew' represents diverse dishes worldwide with specific cultural variations and ingredients.
Have you ever tried an Irish lamb stew?
Pro Tip 2/3Cooking Time
'Stew' implies a longer cooking time to achieve a tender and flavorsome meal.
Let the beef stew simmer for a few hours.
Pro Tip 3/3Comfort Food
Stews are often associated with home cooking and comfort, especially in cold weather.
Mom's chicken stew always warms us up in winter.
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Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
longing and this is really what's emblematic of this incredible place it feels like it has this great expansive spiritual nough stew it it feels like it has this great depth of antiquity to it and when you travel in this place you can't help but feel the great impermanence of it and you can't help
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Wombats Poo Cubes! PIPE...
Oh no no. No they did! They used to make wombat stew and it was really popular. Oh dear that's no good is it. No good at all. No, they're such an amazing unique animal I don't know why you'd want to put them in a stew but ecologically speaking they
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Sumo Wrestling 101 PIPE...
about sumo is the sheer size of the wrestlers a traditional diet that includes choco lava a stew made from fatty meats cabbage eggs and bean sprouts helps them bulk up entering the ring girth is advantageous the rules are
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Sumo Wrestling PIPE...
about sumo is the sheer size of the wrestlers a traditional diet that includes choco lava a stew made from fatty meats cabbage eggs and bean sprouts helps them bulk up entering the ring girth is advantageous the rules are
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Sumo PIPE National...
of the wrestlers a traditional diet that includes choco lava a stew made from fatty meats cabbage eggs and bean sprouts helps them bulk up entering the ring girth is advantageous the rules are simple knock your opponent
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The myth of Zeus' test -...
filled with vegetables. The couple could rarely afford meat, but in honor of their guests, Philemon cut strips from an aging shank for the stew. They made cheerful conversation and offered their visitors hot baths.
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The Community of Food PIPE...
some of the such fundamental processes of building beef stew before you learn how to deconstruct it. Along those same lines, chefs in the limelight really have the opportunity to create incredible influence.
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What really happens to...
and some of those are highly toxic. Together, they create a harmful stew called leachate, which can move into groundwater, soil and streams, poisoning ecosystems and harming wildlife.
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Ben Katchor's comics of...
stewed turn-of-the-century Turkish figs for breakfast. The rest of the collection remains here, stored in plain brown paper bags until funds can be raised to build a permanent museum
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Could You Be A Sumo...
average male the sumo specialty is a thick stew called chanko nabe it's full of chicken fish beef everything you need to bulk up and drinking lots of beer also helps
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Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
longing and this is really what's emblematic of this incredible place it feels like it has this great expansive spiritual nough stew it it feels like it has this great depth of antiquity to it and when you travel in this place you can't help but feel the great impermanence of it and you can't help
Video examples
Wombats Poo Cubes! PIPE...
Oh no no. No they did! They used to make wombat stew and it was really popular. Oh dear that's no good is it. No good at all. No, they're such an amazing unique animal I don't know why you'd want to put them in a stew but ecologically speaking they
Video examples
Sumo Wrestling 101 PIPE...
about sumo is the sheer size of the wrestlers a traditional diet that includes choco lava a stew made from fatty meats cabbage eggs and bean sprouts helps them bulk up entering the ring girth is advantageous the rules are
Video examples
Sumo Wrestling PIPE...
about sumo is the sheer size of the wrestlers a traditional diet that includes choco lava a stew made from fatty meats cabbage eggs and bean sprouts helps them bulk up entering the ring girth is advantageous the rules are
Video examples
Sumo PIPE National...
of the wrestlers a traditional diet that includes choco lava a stew made from fatty meats cabbage eggs and bean sprouts helps them bulk up entering the ring girth is advantageous the rules are simple knock your opponent
Video examples
The myth of Zeus' test -...
filled with vegetables. The couple could rarely afford meat, but in honor of their guests, Philemon cut strips from an aging shank for the stew. They made cheerful conversation and offered their visitors hot baths.
Video examples
The Community of Food PIPE...
some of the such fundamental processes of building beef stew before you learn how to deconstruct it. Along those same lines, chefs in the limelight really have the opportunity to create incredible influence.
Video examples
What really happens to...
and some of those are highly toxic. Together, they create a harmful stew called leachate, which can move into groundwater, soil and streams, poisoning ecosystems and harming wildlife.
Video examples
Ben Katchor's comics of...
stewed turn-of-the-century Turkish figs for breakfast. The rest of the collection remains here, stored in plain brown paper bags until funds can be raised to build a permanent museum
Video examples
Could You Be A Sumo...
average male the sumo specialty is a thick stew called chanko nabe it's full of chicken fish beef everything you need to bulk up and drinking lots of beer also helps
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Quote examples
Cynthia Voigt
American Writer
My writing process often begins with a question. I write down ideas and let them stew for about a year. Then, when I sit down to write, I make a list of characters and try to see how they fit.
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Casey Affleck
American Actor
I didn't have to audition. That's common, but it had never happened to me before. Normally, I hate auditioning. I need to stew and think... let the character develop and grow inside me.
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Vanessa Williams
American Actress
I'll get mad, but then I'll let it go. It's not worth stewing over for the rest of your life. You've got to move on and let it go.
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Eve Best
English Actress
I am so longing to be domestic,, cooking stew, gardening, hopefully having some children, painting, sitting still in one place.
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Wong Kar-wai
Chinese Director
I sometimes compare making a film to cooking. Some dishes need to be stewed, while others need to be fried.
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Jon Richardson
English Comedian
I really like stews: everything in a bowl boiled down right to its essence.
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DJ Khaled
American Musician
If I'm in the 'hood, I like Chef Creole's Haitian rice and stewed chicken.
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Gyles Brandreth
British Actor
There are people who have rabbit stew still, it's quite a dish!
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Q-Tip
American Musician
I'm kind of a pop culture stew, you know.
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John de Lancie
American Actor
Q is one big stew that keeps on boiling.
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Cynthia Voigt
American Writer
My writing process often begins with a question. I write down ideas and let them stew for about a year. Then, when I sit down to write, I make a list of characters and try to see how they fit.
Quote examples
Casey Affleck
American Actor
I didn't have to audition. That's common, but it had never happened to me before. Normally, I hate auditioning. I need to stew and think... let the character develop and grow inside me.
Quote examples
Vanessa Williams
American Actress
I'll get mad, but then I'll let it go. It's not worth stewing over for the rest of your life. You've got to move on and let it go.
Quote examples
Eve Best
English Actress
I am so longing to be domestic,, cooking stew, gardening, hopefully having some children, painting, sitting still in one place.
Quote examples
Wong Kar-wai
Chinese Director
I sometimes compare making a film to cooking. Some dishes need to be stewed, while others need to be fried.
Quote examples
Jon Richardson
English Comedian
I really like stews: everything in a bowl boiled down right to its essence.
Quote examples
DJ Khaled
American Musician
If I'm in the 'hood, I like Chef Creole's Haitian rice and stewed chicken.
Quote examples
Gyles Brandreth
British Actor
There are people who have rabbit stew still, it's quite a dish!
Quote examples
Q-Tip
American Musician
I'm kind of a pop culture stew, you know.
Quote examples
John de Lancie
American Actor
Q is one big stew that keeps on boiling.
Example 1 of 10
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