Stew

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To cook (food) by simmering or boiling slowly.
  • verb-intransitive. To undergo cooking by boiling slowly or simmering. See Synonyms at boil1.
  • verb-intransitive. Informal To suffer with oppressive heat or stuffy confinement; swelter.
  • verb-intransitive. Informal To be in a state of anxiety or agitation. See Synonyms at brood.
  • n. A dish cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat or fish and vegetables with stock.
  • n. A mixture likened to this dish.
  • n. Informal Mental agitation: in a stew over the lost keys.
  • n. Archaic A brothel. Often used in the plural.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A prostitute.
  • n. A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.
  • n. A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.
  • v. To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
  • v. To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
  • v. To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
  • v. To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
  • n. A steward or stewardess on an airplane.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.
  • n. An artificial bed of oysters.
  • v. To boil slowly, or with the simmering or moderate heat; to seethe; to cook in a little liquid, over a gentle fire, without boiling.
  • verb-intransitive. To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.
  • n. A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse.
  • n. A brothel; -- usually in the plural.
  • n. A prostitute.
  • n. A dish prepared by stewing.
  • n. A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A heated room, especially such a room for bathing purposes; a hothouse; a stove.
  • n. Specifically, a hatters' drying-room.
  • n. A room; a chamber; a closet.
  • n. A brothel; a bagnio: often used in the plural, sometimes with the force of a singular noun.
  • n. A lock hospital. See hospital.
  • n. A prostitute: sometimes in the plural form with a singular meaning.
  • n. A close vessel in which something is cooked or stewed; a stew-pot or stew-pan.
  • n. Food cooked by stewing; especially, meat or fish prepared by slow cooking in a liquid.
  • n. A state of agitation or ferment; mental disturbance; worry; fuss.
  • To bathe, as in a liquid or a vapor-bath.
  • Figuratively, to steep.
  • To cook (food) by simmering or slowly boiling; prepare by cooking in a liquid kept at the simmering-point: as, to stew meat or fruit; to stew oysters.
  • To be cooked by slowly simmering.
  • n. A pond, usually artificial, used for domestic purposes; especially, a pool or tank in which fish are kept until needed for the table; a vivarium; a stew-pond.
  • n. A breeding-place for tame pheasants.
  • n. An artificial bed of oysters: used of the old Roman and also of the modern methods of fattening.
  • n. Dust; a cloud of dust, smoke, or vapor.
  • A Middle English variant of stow.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. be in a huff; be silent or sullen
  • v. bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings
  • n. agitation resulting from active worry
  • n. food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables
  • v. cook slowly and for a long time in liquid
  • Verb Form
    stewed    stewes    stewing    stews   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sulk    brood    pout    resent    agitation   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    stewed    stewing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    vivarium    seethe    hothouse    brothel    prostitute    confusion    boil    simmer    hodgepodge    olio   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baku    Blue    Cebu    Chengdu    Chou    Chu    Crewe    Drew    Ewe    Few   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    soup    salad    roast    broth    fry    pie    steak    potato    beef    pickle