Stew Definition
sto͝o, styo͝o
stewed, stewing, stews
verb
stewed, stewing, stews
To cook by simmering or boiling slowly for a long time.
Webster's New World
To undergo cooking in this way.
Webster's New World
To be oppressed with heat, crowded conditions, etc.
Webster's New World
To fret, fume, or worry; be vexed or troubled.
Webster's New World
To be in a state of anxiety or agitation.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
- not care
noun
Webster's New World
A dish, esp. a mixture of meat and vegetables, cooked by stewing.
Webster's New World
A mixture likened to this dish.
American Heritage
Mental agitation.
In a stew over the lost keys.
American Heritage
A state of vexation or worry.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
pronoun
A diminutive of the male given name Stewart.
Wiktionary
idiom
stew in one's own juice
- to suffer from one's own actions
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Stew
- stew in one's own juice
Origin of Stew
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Middle English stewen to bathe in a steam bath, stew from Old French estuver possibly from Vulgar Latin extūpāre, *extūfāre to bathe, evaporate Latin ex- ex- Vulgar Latin tūfus hot vapor (from Greek tūphos fever typhus)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Old French estuve (modern French étuve), from Medieval Latin stupha, perhaps ultimately from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tuphos, “smoke, steam").
From Wiktionary
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Abbreviation of steward or stewardess.
From Wiktionary
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