stewed
1stewed — [ stud ] adjective 1. ) stewed fruit or meat has been cooked slowly in a liquid: stewed apples 2. ) VERY INFORMAL DRUNK 3. ) BRITISH stewed tea has become too strong and has developed an unpleasant taste …
2stewed — [stju:d US stu:d] adj 1.) [not before noun] informal old fashioned drunk 2.) BrE tea that is stewed tastes unpleasantly strong because it has been left in the pot too long …
3stewed — [sto͞od, styo͞od] adj. 1. cooked by stewing, as food 2. Slang drunk; intoxicated …
4stewed — drunk The common culinary imagery: ... most of the time in camp... poor old Abel was stewed. (Keneally, 1979 Abel was not in the hands of cannibals) You are no less drunk if half stewed. Sometimes also of being under the influence …
5stewed — UK [stjuːd] / US [stud] adjective 1) very informal drunk I, 1) 2) British stewed tea has become too strong and has developed an unpleasant taste 3) stewed fruit or meat has been cooked slowly in a liquid stewed apples …
6stewed (up) — AND stew mod. alcohol intoxicated. (See also sense 1 for stew.) □ Gary was too stewed to remember his name. □ The kid was stewed up and scared to death of what his parents were going to do to him …
7Stewed — Stew Stew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stewed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stewing}.] [OE. stuven, OF. estuver, F. [ e]tuver, fr. OF. estuve, F. [ e]tuve, a sweating house, a room heated for a bath; probably of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. stove. See {Stove},… …
8stewed — adj. Stewed is used with these nouns: ↑tea …
9stewed — adjective 1 (not before noun) informal drunk 2 BrE tea that is stewed tastes too strong and bitter because it has been left too long before being drunk …
10stewed to the gills — AND stewed to the ears mod. alcohol intoxicated. □ Why does a grown man have to get stewed to the gills every night of his life if there isn’t something a little wrong with him? □ Here’s old Charlie stewed to the ears, as always …
