stewed

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English

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Etymology

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From stew +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /stuːd/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːd

Adjective

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stewed (comparative more stewed, superlative most stewed)

  1. Having been cooked by slowly boiling or simmering (see stew).
  2. Of tea: bitter from having been steeped too long.
  3. (slang) Drunk.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drunk
    • 1972, Ira Levin, The Stepford Wives, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 58:
      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.

Derived terms

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Verb

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stewed

  1. simple past and past participle of stew

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