Sekirov Dictionary

stew

UK /stjuː/US /stu/

noun 11
verb 4
forms 3
phrases 3

noun11

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a warm dish made by leaving meat and other food in water over a low heat for hours
- I noticed then that there was nothing to drink on the table but brandy, and nothing to eat but salted herrings, and a hot, sickly, highly peppered stew. — 1870
(slang) A state of agitated excitement, worry, or confusion.
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(informal) A steward or stewardess on an airplane or boat.
- It is our considered and combined judgement that Germans and actors share honors for being the cheapest dates a stew can accept. — 1967
A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.
(US) An artificial bed of oysters.
(historical) A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
(slang) Unwanted background noise recorded by the microphone.
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(Scotland) A cloud of fine particles or droplets; dust, smoke, vapor, mist, or sea-spray.
- The Verna swerved close, her stern kicking up a stew as she started to back up. — 1994
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(no longer used) A brothel.
- And rak'd, for converts, even the court and stews. — 1681
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(no longer used) A prostitute.
- But it was so plotted betwixt the Lady, her Husband, and Bristol, that instead of that beauty, he had a notorious Stew sent him, and surely his carriage there was so lascivious... — 1650
(no longer used) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.

verb4

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To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
- I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole.
- The meat is stewing nicely.
(figurative) To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
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(figurative) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
- It was an honest letter, written by an honest man, then stewing in the Plains on two hundred rupees a month (for he allowed his wife eight hundred and fifty), and in a silk banian and cotton trousers. — 1889

forms

stewed · stewing · stews

Phrases with stew

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