Stew made with a tin full of beans (8)
I believe the answer is:
animated
'full of beans' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'stew made with a tin' is the wordplay.
'stew' indicates anagramming the letters.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'made'+'a'+'tin'='madeatin'
'madeatin' anagrammed gives 'ANIMATED'.
(Other definitions for animated that I've seen before include "I and mate become lively" , "full of spirit" , "full of beans" , "Fired" , "'Lively, quick (8)'" .)