To stew means to stay upset or worried inside for a while. It is like your feelings are boiling inside you.
He stewed about the test all night.
Don't stew over small problems.
A stew can mean a place that feels very hot and uncomfortable. It feels like heat and sweat are trapped inside.
The room was a stew in the summer heat.
After working hard, I felt like a stew.
Stew is an old or slang word for a brothel, a place where people pay for sex. It is not used in polite talk.
That area was once a notorious stew in the city.
The novel described a stew from the 1920s.
To stew in your own juice means to accept the bad results of your actions and feel bad about it for some time.
If you make a mistake, you must stew in your own juice.
He stewed after losing the game.
In cooking, to stew means to cook food slowly in liquid or steam so it becomes soft. This is a common way to make food tasty.
The chef stewed the lamb for hours until soft.
You should stew the sauce gently for flavor.
