STEW

stew

(noun) food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables

fret, stew, sweat, lather, swither

(noun) agitation resulting from active worry; “don’t get in a stew”; “he’s in a sweat about exams”

stew

(verb) cook slowly and for a long time in liquid; “Stew the vegetables in wine”

stew, grudge

(verb) bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings

grizzle, brood, stew

(verb) be in a huff; be silent or sullen

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

stew (usually uncountable, plural stews)

(obsolete) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron. [14^th-17^thc.]

(now historical) A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath. [from 14^thc.]

(archaic) A brothel. [from 14^thc.]

(obsolete) A prostitute.

(uncountable, countable) A dish cooked by stewing. [from 18^thc.]

(Sussex) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating; a stew pond.

(US, regional) An artificial bed of oysters.

(slang) A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.

Synonyms

• (food) casserole, (British) hotpot

Coordinate terms

• casserole

• cassoulet

• goulash

• ragout

Verb

stew (third-person singular simple present stews, present participle stewing, simple past and past participle stewed)

(transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.

(transitive) To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.

(intransitive, figuratively) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.

(intransitive, figuratively) To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.

Synonyms

• (suffer under hot conditions): bake, boil, sweat, swelter

• (be in a state of elevated anxiety): brood, fret, sweat, worry

Etymology 2

Noun

stew (plural stews)

A steward or stewardess on an airplane.

Anagrams

• Tews, West, ewts, tews, west, wets

Proper noun

Stew

A diminutive of the male given name Stewart

Anagrams

• Tews, West, ewts, tews, west, wets

Source: Wiktionary

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Stew, n. Etym: [Cf. Stow.]

1. A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer. Evelyn.

2. An artificial bed of oysters. [Local, U.S.]

Stew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Stewing.] Etym: [OE. stuven, OF. estuver, F. étuver, fr. OF. estuve, F. étuve, a sweating house, a room heated for a bath; probably of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. stove. See Stove, and cf. Stive to stew.]

Definition: To boil slowly, or with the simmering or moderate heat; to seethe; to cook in a little liquid, over a gentle fire, without boiling; as, to stew meat; to stew oysters; to stew apples.

Stew, v. i.

Definition: To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.

Stew, n. Etym: [OE. stue, stuwe, OF. estuve. See Stew, v. t.]

1. A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse. [Obs.] As burning Ætna from his boiling stew Doth belch out flames. Spenser. The Lydians were inhibited by Cyrus to use any armor, and give themselves to baths and stews. Abp. Abbot.

2. A brothel; -- usually in the plural. Bacon. South. There be that hate harlots, and never were at the stews. Aschman.

3. A prostitute. [Obs.] Sir A. Weldon.

4. A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons.

5. A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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