astew
UK/əˈstjuː/
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Australia/əˈstʃʉː/
astew adjective: stewing, very hot and wet.
Adjective
astew
- stewing, very hot and wet
- Then every day has its afternoon shower, the air is heavy and stifling, all the tropic world is asteam and astew and afloat, vegetation is magnificent, insect life triumphant, and the mountains are hidden in nearly perpetual mist.1897, Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, “In ‘Java Major’” (chapter II), in Java: The Garden of the East, The Century Co., page 18
- stewing, in a state of agitation
- I, having the fishing germs cultivated a little more than my pals, was all astew to be out on the lake[…].1916 June, R. L. Medill, “The Way We Did It”, in Hunter-Trader-Trapper, volume XXXII, number 3, page 27
- In the meantime the courts, all astew about publicity, have barely begun to use their resources to remedy the real wrong[…].1990 November 13, “Rash Censors in the Noriega Case”, in The New York Times, retrieved 16 Sep 2025
Origin of astew
From a- + stew (“to suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions; to be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger”).
Words that rhyme with astew
Questions about astew
- What does astew mean?
- Astew means stewing, very hot and wet.
- What part of speech is astew?
- Astew is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce astew?
- Astew is pronounced /əˈstʃʉː/ (Australia).
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