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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.
- 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/ stjuː /
noun
- a dish of meat, fish, or other food, cooked by stewing
- ( as modifier )
stew pot
- informal.a 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
- obsolete.a 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
- stew in one's own juiceto suffer unaided the consequences of one's actions
stew
2/ stjuː /
noun
- a fishpond or fishtank
- an artificial oyster bed
Other Words From
- stewa·ble 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.
More idioms and phrases containing stew
In addition to the idiom beginning with stew , also see in a stew .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
“Gronkowski” itself never manages to sound more erotic than the name of a hearty Polish stew or a D-list WWE performer.
Earlier this month, Toledo, Ohio, watched its municipal water supply descend into an undrinkable stew of algal toxins.
There could be no more fitting companion for the Acadian chicken stew entree inscribed on a blackboard in the dining room.
Sometimes there'd be a whole flock of guys, and she'd give us a stew or a thick soup.
We can only sit and stew in our conviction that anime is becoming an important port of inspiration.
"I think stew is much better the second day," observed Benny, eating hungrily.
The girls lighted the fire and heated up the remainder of the stew and cut the bread.
So Corydon would add more flannel dresses and blankets, until the unfortunate mite of life would be in a purple stew.
Uncle Cephas liked a hot supper; they had chicken stew to-night, and boiled rice.
I have some rabbit stew on the fire, Humphrey, all ready for you, and you will find it very good.
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