stew

[ stoo, styoo ]

/ stu, styu /

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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.

Idioms for stew

stew in one's own juice, to suffer the consequences of one's own actions.

Origin of stew

1350–1400; Middle English stewen, stuwen to take a sweat bath < Middle French estuver, verbal derivative of estuve sweat room of a bath; see stove¹

SYNONYMS FOR stew

5 ragout.

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synonym study for stew

1. See boil¹.

OTHER WORDS FROM stew

stew·a·ble, adjective

Words nearby stew

stevenson, adlai e., stevenson, robert louis, stevia, stevin, stevinus, stew, stew in one's own juice, steward, stewardess, stewardship, stewart

Definition for stew (2 of 2)

stew ²

[ stoo, styoo ]

/ stu, styu /

noun Slang.

a male or female flight attendant.

Origin of stew

1970–1975; shortening of steward or stewardess

Example sentences from the Web for stew

“Gronkowski” itself never manages to sound more erotic than the name of a hearty Polish stew or a D-list WWE performer.

‘A Gronking to Remember’ Speed Read: 8 Naughtiest Bits |Emily Shire |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Sometimes there'd be a whole flock of guys, and she'd give us a stew or a thick soup.

Gordie Howe Hockey’s Greatest War Horse |W.C. Heinz |May 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
We can only sit and stew in our conviction that anime is becoming an important port of inspiration.

Hollywood Sci-Fi Films Are Ripping Off Anime |David Levesley |April 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Stray-dog problem under control and plentiful servings of stew available at Olympic hotel restaurants.

Up to a Point: PJ on Sochi Stray Dog Stew and 1-800-F*CKYOU |P. J. O’Rourke |February 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

The heartwarming scent of the stew drifted on a soft breeze of jasmine.

Two Chickens, an Old Guitar, and a Group of Strangers: A Life-Changing Feast in Brazil |Annabel Langbein |November 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Wash and stew: Stew or bake from twenty to thirty minutes after thorough washing, being the recognized mode.

Boy Scouts Handbook |Boy Scouts of America
Ah, but he rated himself pitilessly as he bent his flushed face over his plate of stew.

Brothers of Peril |Theodore Goodridge Roberts
They should stew very slowly till tender, and not be seasoned till just before they are taken up.

The American Housewife |Anonymous
Stew the meat until tender, in considerable liquid as when you put into the paste much of that will be absorbed.

Clayton's Quaker Cook-Book |H. J. Clayton
When the duck is nearly done, throw in the olives, and let all stew together about five minutes or more.

Domestic French Cookery, 4th ed. |Sulpice Baru

British Dictionary definitions for stew (1 of 2)

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

(usually plural) archaic a brothel

obsolete a public room for hot steam baths

verb

to cook or cause to cook by long slow simmering

(intr) informal to be troubled or agitated

(intr) informal 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 juice to suffer unaided the consequences of one's actions

Word Origin for stew

C14 stuen to take a very hot bath, from Old French estuver, from Vulgar Latin extūfāre (unattested), from ex- 1 + (unattested) tūfus vapour, from Greek tuphos

British Dictionary definitions for stew (2 of 2)

stew ²

/ (stjuː) /

noun British

a fishpond or fishtank

an artificial oyster bed

Word Origin for stew

C14: from Old French estui, from estoier to shut up, confine, ultimately from Latin studium study

Idioms and Phrases with stew

stew

In addition to the idiom beginning with stew

stew in one's own juice

also see:

in a stew

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