stewing
present participle ofstew
stew
verb
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tocookmeat,fish,vegetables, orfruitslowlyandgentlyin a littleliquid
[I]informal
to beangryorworried:
You're not still stewing about whathappenedyesterday, are you?
[I]UK
to do nothinguseful:
Withjobssoscarce, manyyoungpeoplespendlonghourswith little to do butdrinkand stew.
Preparing food using heat
- air fryer
- bain-marie
- baking
- baking parchment
- barbecue
- blanch
- boil
- deep fat fryer
- deep-fried
- deep-fry
- done
- doneness
- overcook
- overdone
- pan-fry
- parboil
- poach
- sear
- underdone
- warm(someone/something)up
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Becoming angry and expressing anger
Passive and not working
Idiom
stew (inyourown juice)
Examplesofstewing
stewing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The cheaper cuts of beef are not being sold: mince andstewingsteak.
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A good small joint is better than a mass of gristlystewingsteak.
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My constituent's wife buysstewingbeef at £1·63 a pound.
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We have been told by various medical authorities that the continuedstewingof the pot of tea is against the health of the people.
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They arestewingin their old insularity.
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Equally, they should not be pushed too much so that people are leftstewingat stops, with the result that they do not want to travel on that service.
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They can also be cooked like tripe or as omelette filling, and wood blewits also make goodstewingmushrooms.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thus, the main sources of poultry meat 100 years ago (spring chickens andstewinghens) have both been entirely supplanted by meat-type broiler chickens.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Tastes range from sweet and spicy to sour and hot in a range of cooking techniques including frying,stewing, baking, steaming and boiling.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Even larger and older chickens are calledstewingchickens but these are no longer usually found commercially.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Keema can be made from almost any meat, can be cooked bystewingor frying, and can be formed into kababs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The meat is traditionally prepared by smoking, thenstewing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This paved the way to reprogram these devices to have other functions such as roasting,stewing, baking, etc.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is made fromstewingsteak and beef gravy, enclosed in a pastry shell.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The potatoes are cooked by slowstewingin a closed pot with fat and stock.
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