📖 Definitions of "Stewing"
verb
- 1
To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
"I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole."
- 2
To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
- 3
To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
- 4
To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
noun
- 1
The act by which something is stewed.
"The meat was still tough even after repeated stewings."
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| simmeringnoun | The act of something that simmers. |
| boilingnoun | (uncountable, countable) The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point. |
| steamnoun | The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase (at or above its boiling point temperature). |
| steepingnoun | An instance of something being steeped; a wetting. |
| stovemakingnoun | The manufacture of stoves. |
| simmernoun | The state or process of simmering. |
| steamingnoun | The method of cooking by immersion in steam. |
| coctionnoun | (obsolete) An act of boiling. |
| steamernoun | (cooking) A cooking appliance that cooks by steaming. |
| stalingnoun | (food industry) The process whereby bread goes stale. |
| elixationnoun | (obsolete, chemistry) Boiling in order to produce an elixir |
| decoctionnoun | The process of boiling something down in this way. |
| cookingnoun | (uncountable) The process of preparing food by using heat. |
| reheatingnoun | The act of making something hot again. |
| stultificationnoun | The state of being stultified. |
| marinationnoun | The process of marinating. |
| heatingnoun | The act of making something hot. |
| sweatingnoun | The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals. |
| infusionnoun | A product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities. |
| steam bathnoun | A room or building filled with steam, in which people sit and sweat. |
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