Past tense of stew
regular verb
The past tense of stew is stewed. The past participle is also stewed.
Forms of stew
| Base form (V1) | stew /stʃʉː/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | stewed /stuːd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | stewed /stuːd/ |
| Present participle | stewing |
| Third person singular | stews |
Stewed in a sentence
- But a little callaloo soup and a few mouthfuls of stewed goat, saw me much improved.2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 55. From the entry callaloo
- Lydia has made stewed chicken, rice, string beans, and the ground provisions that Mr.2009, Elizabeth Nunez, chapter 7, in Anna In-Between, New York: Akashic Books, pages 82–83. From the entry ground provisions
- Goulash, a local favorite, was brought up-to-date with seared grass-fed rib-eye, stewed cippolini onions and roasted cherry tomatoes.2015 September 4, “In Minnesota’s Iron Range, Midwestern With a Modern Twist”, in The New York Times. From the entry onion
- The menu, which changes daily, typically includes cold Moroccan tapaslike salads, savory-sweet tagines and couscous with stewed meats and vegetables.2007 November 11, Seth Sherwood, “36 Hours in Marrakesh, Morocco”, in New York Times. From the entry tapaslike
- We'd always have it stewed in a bastable hung over the kitchen fire way back in those days.2006, Carla Blake, The Irish Cookbook, →ISBN, page 12. From the entry bastable
Meaning of stew
- noun A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
- noun A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
- noun A brothel.
Questions about the past tense of stew
- What is the past tense of stew?
- The past tense of stew is stewed.
- What is the past participle of stew?
- The past participle of stew is stewed.
- Is stew a regular or irregular verb?
- Stew is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stew (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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