stew – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of stew

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to stew
Participle: stewed
Gerund: stewing

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of stew

Indicative

Present

Istew
youstew
he;she;itstews
westew
youstew
theystew

Perfect

Ihave stewed
youhave stewed
he;she;ithas stewed
wehave stewed
youhave stewed
theyhave stewed

Past

Istewed
youstewed
he;she;itstewed
westewed
youstewed
theystewed

Pluperfect

Ihad stewed
youhad stewed
he;she;ithad stewed
wehad stewed
youhad stewed
theyhad stewed

Future

Iwill stew
youwill stew
he;she;itwill stew
wewill stew
youwill stew
theywill stew

Future Perfect

Iwill have stewed
youwill have stewed
he;she;itwill have stewed
wewill have stewed
youwill have stewed
theywill have stewed

Subjunctive

Present

Istew
youstew
he;she;itstew
westew
youstew
theystew

Perfect

Ihave stewed
youhave stewed
he;she;ithave stewed
wehave stewed
youhave stewed
theyhave stewed

Imperfect

Istewed
youstewed
he;she;itstewed
westewed
youstewed
theystewed

Pluperfect

Ihad stewed
youhad stewed
he;she;ithad stewed
wehad stewed
youhad stewed
theyhad stewed

Conditional

Present

Iwould stew
youwould stew
he;she;itwould stew
wewould stew
youwould stew
theywould stew

Perfect

Iwould have stewed
youwould have stewed
he;she;itwould have stewed
wewould have stewed
youwould have stewed
theywould have stewed

Imperative

youstew
weLet's stew
youstew

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam stewing
youare stewing
he;she;itis stewing
weare stewing
youare stewing
theyare stewing

Perfect

Ihave been stewing
youhave been stewing
he;she;ithas been stewing
wehave been stewing
youhave been stewing
theyhave been stewing

Past

Iwas stewing
youwere stewing
he;she;itwas stewing
wewere stewing
youwere stewing
theywere stewing

Pluperfect

Ihad been stewing
youhad been stewing
he;she;ithad been stewing
wehad been stewing
youhad been stewing
theyhad been stewing

Future

Iwill be stewing
youwill be stewing
he;she;itwill be stewing
wewill be stewing
youwill be stewing
theywill be stewing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been stewing
youwill have been stewing
he;she;itwill have been stewing
wewill have been stewing
youwill have been stewing
theywill have been stewing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be stewing
youwould be stewing
he;she;itwould be stewing
wewould be stewing
youwould be stewing
theywould be stewing

Perfect

Iwould have been stewing
youwould have been stewing
he;she;itwould have been stewing
wewould have been stewing
youwould have been stewing
theywould have been stewing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'stew'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'stew'

sew, skew, slew, snew, staw, steg, stem, step, stet, stow,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English stewen, stuwen, from the noun above; and also from Middle English stiven, styven (“to bathe, cook, stew”).

Verbs referencing "stew"

Italian stufare, Scots Gaelic stiubh, Norwegian, nynorsk stua, Ido stufar.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] to the very top of the house to take his cloak off; that he is certain to see, at every dinner, an unusual amount of poultry on the table; and at every supper, at least two mighty bowls of hot stewed oysters, in any one of which a half-grown Duke of Clarence might be smothered easily. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • The hostess, who was busy in various fizzing and stewing operations over the fire, preparatory to the evening meal, stopped, with a fork in her hand, as Eliza's sweet and plaintive voice arrested her. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)