stewed

/stuːd/

adj 3

Collocations

ADJ.

fleshy

VERB + STEWED

ate, tailored

STEWED + NOUN

cabbage, eggplants, television, tomatoes

PREP.

from, with

ADV.

already

Definitions

adj

Having been cooked by slowly boiling or simmering (see stew).

Of tea: bitter from having been steeped too long.

Drunk.

Ed Wimperis—big, fleshy, well tailored, stewed—talked television, clamping Joanna's arm and explaining in slow careful words why cassettes were going to change everything.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — cooked in hot water

boiled
poached

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Ed Wimperis—big, fleshy, well tailored, stewed—talked television, clamping Joanna's arm and explaining in slow careful words why cassettes were going to change everything.

Wiktionary

You already ate the stewed cabbage leaves?

Tatoeba · #10317604

In the dining room, Lilya had some vegetable soup and potatoes with stewed eggplants.

Tatoeba · #10317605

I asked Mary for a can of stewed tomatoes from the grocery store just before it closed.

Tatoeba · #11427371

Usage Notes

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In some senses, stewed is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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