stew

Noun · Verb
US[stoo]/stu/1 syllable
Synonyms: fretsweatlatherswithergrizzlebroodgrudge

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. agitation resulting from active worry“don't get in a stew”“he's in a sweat about exams”Synonyms: fretsweatlatherswitherType of agitation
  2. food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetablesType of dishKinds lobscouse, ragout, olla podrida, hotchpotch, lobster stew, pottage, fish stew, hot pot, goulash, ratatouille +11 more

Verb (3)stewed, stewing

  1. be in a huff; be silent or sullenSynonyms: grizzlebroodMore general sulk, pout
  2. bear a grudge; harbor ill feelingsSynonyms: grudgeMore general resent
  3. cook slowly and for a long time in liquid“Stew the vegetables in wine”More general cookMore specific jug

Related words sweat noun, score noun, simmering noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Stew noun

Origin: 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 transitive verb [past tense & past participle Stewed; present participle & verbal noun Stewing.]

Origin: 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.

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 intransitive verb

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

Stew noun

Origin: OE. stue, stuwe, OF. estuve. See Stew, transitive verb

1. A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse. obsolete

As burning Aetna from his boiling stew Doth belch out flames.— Edmund Spenser
The Lydians were inhibited by Cyrus to use any armor, and give themselves to baths and stews.— Abp. George 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. obsolete Sir Anthony 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. colloquial

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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