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stewing up

stewing up is the present participle and gerund of stew up.

Meaning of stew up

Verb

stew up (third-person singular simple present stews up, present participle stewing up, simple past and past participle stewed up)

  1. (informal, transitive) To produce by stewing.
  2. (informal, intransitive) To be cooked into a stew.

Questions about stewing up

What is stewing up the present participle and gerund of?
Stewing up is the present participle and gerund of stew up.

Words near stewing up in the dictionary

  1. stewing in one's own broth
  2. stewing in one's own gravy
  3. stewing in one's own grease
  4. stewing in one's own juice
  5. stewing in one's own juices
  6. stewing up
  7. stewingly
  8. stewings
  9. stewish
  10. Stewkey Blue
  11. Stewkey Blues

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