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stew
1[stoo, styoo]
verb (used with object)
to cook (food) by simmering or slow boiling.
verb (used without object)
to undergo cooking by simmering or slow boiling.
Informal.to fret, worry, or fuss.
He stewed about his chaotic state of affairs all day.
to feel uncomfortable due to a hot, humid, stuffy atmosphere, as in a closed room; swelter.
noun
a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat and vegetables.
Synonyms: ,Informal.a state of agitation, uneasiness, or worry.
a brothel; whorehouse.
stews, a neighborhood occupied chiefly by brothels.
Obsolete.a vessel for boiling or stewing.
stew
2[stoo, styoo]
noun
a male or female flight attendant.
stew
1/ ː /
noun
a dish of meat, fish, or other food, cooked by stewing
( as modifier )
stew pot
informala difficult or worrying situation or a troubled state (esp in the phrase in a stew )
a heterogeneous mixture
a stew of people of every race
archaic(usually plural) a brothel
obsoletea public room for hot steam baths
verb
to cook or cause to cook by long slow simmering
informal(intr) to be troubled or agitated
informal(intr) to be oppressed with heat or crowding
to cause (tea) to become bitter or (of tea) to become bitter through infusing for too long
to suffer unaided the consequences of one's actions
stew
2/ ː /
noun
a fishpond or fishtank
an artificial oyster bed
Other Word Forms
- stewable adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of stew1
Origin of stew2
Word History and Origins
Origin of stew1
Origin of stew2
Idioms and Phrases
stew in one's own juice, to suffer the consequences of one's own actions.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Having spent more than 18 months stewing over potential options including demolition, the conversation has now shifted towards repairing the flats.
The mother-of-two also spoke about putting powdered dried mushrooms into a range of foods like spaghetti, brownies and stew, which prosecutors allege was practice for the fatal lunch.
It has the structural integrity to hold up to braises, hard-sears and even stews.
No sooner were we off the tarmac and at cruising altitude than the delicious baked cod and chickpea stew lunch was served.
Cultural staples like hummus, muhammara, guacamole and Ethiopian legume stews all fall under the purée umbrella.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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