How to pronounce stew

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What stew means

verb

Most people know stew in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

To keep worrying or fuming about something

In a sentence: Jake stewed all afternoon about the mean thing his friend had said.

Where it comes from: It comes from an old French word for a hot steam room. Like food slowly bubbling in a pot, a person who stews keeps simmering with worry.

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