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stew  (st, sty)

v. stewed, stew·ing, stews

v.tr.

To cook (food) by simmering or boiling slowly.

v.intr.

1. To undergo cooking by boiling slowly or simmering. See Synonyms at boil¹.

2. Informal To suffer with oppressive heat or stuffy confinement; swelter.

3. Informal To be in a state of anxiety or agitation. See Synonyms at brood.

n.

1.

a. A dish cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat or fish and vegetables with stock.

b. A mixture likened to this dish.

2. Informal Mental agitation: in a stew over the lost keys.

3. Archaic A brothel. Often used in the plural.

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[Middle English stewen, to bathe in a steam bath, stew, from Old French estuver, possibly from Vulgar Latin *extpre, *extfre, to bathe, evaporate : Latin ex-, ex- + Vulgar Latin *tfus, hot vapor (from Greek tphos, fever; see typhus).]

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stewy adj.

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stew

Noun

1. a dish of meat, fish, or other food, cooked slowly in a closed pot

2. in a stew Informal in a troubled or worried state

Verb

1. to cook by long slow simmering in a closed pot

2. Informal (of a person) to be too hot

3. to cause (tea) to become bitter or (of tea) to become bitter through infusing for too long

4. stew in one's own juice to suffer, without help, the results of one's actions [Middle English stuen to take a very hot bath]

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Stew layers of oysters in an artificial oyster bed; a cooked dish consisting of meat and other vegetables; a breeding place for pheasants—Wilkes.

Examples: stew of oysters, 1817; of pheasants, 1888.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stew - agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" fret, swither, lather, sweat agitation - a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
	2.	stew - food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" pottage - a stew of vegetables and (sometimes) meat bigos - a Polish stew of cabbage and meat Brunswick stew - spicy southern specialty: chicken (or small game) with corn and tomatoes and lima beans and okra and onions and potatoes burgoo - thick spicy stew of whatever meat and whatever vegetables are available; southern United States olla podrida, Spanish burgoo - Spanish version of burgoo Irish burgoo, mulligan, mulligan stew - Irish version of burgoo chicken purloo, purloo, poilu - thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; southern U.S. goulash, gulyas, Hungarian goulash - a rich meat stew highly seasoned with paprika hotchpotch - a stew (or thick soup) made with meat and vegetables hot pot, hotpot - a stew of meat and potatoes cooked in a tightly covered pot Irish stew - meat (especially mutton) stewed with potatoes and onions oyster stew - oysters in cream lobster stew - diced lobster meat in milk or cream lobscouse, lobscuse, scouse - a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors fish stew - a stew made with fish fricassee - pieces of chicken or other meat stewed in gravy with e.g. carrots and onions and served with noodles or dumplings beef stew - a stew made with beef ragout - well-seasoned stew of meat and vegetables ratatouille - a vegetable stew; usually made with tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, peppers, onion, and seasonings pot-au-feu - traditional French stew of vegetables and beef slumgullion - a thin stew of meat and vegetables
Verb	1.	stew - be in a huff; be silent or sullen grizzle, brood pout, sulk, brood - be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"
	2.	stew - bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings grudge resent - feel bitter or indignant about; "She resents being paid less than her co-workers"
	3.	stew - cook slowly and for a long time in liquid; "Stew the vegetables in wine" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" cook - transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" jug - stew in an earthenware jug; "jug the rabbit"

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stew

noun 1. hash, goulash, ragout, olla, olio, olla podrida

verb 2. braise, boil, simmer, casserole in a stew (Informal) troubled, concerned, anxious, worried, fretting, in a panic, in a lather (informal)

Translations

stew [stjuː] n → cocido, estofado, guisado (LAM)

vt, vi → estofar, guisar [+ fruit]; cocer;

stewed fruit → compota de fruta

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stew [stjuː] n → ragoût m

vt, vi → cuire à la casserole;

stewed tea → thé trop infusé;

stewed fruit → fruits cuits or en compote

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stew [stjuː] n → Eintopf m

vt → schmoren;

(fruit, vegetables) → dünsten

vi → schmoren;

stewed tea → bitterer Tee m;

stewed fruit → (Obst)kompott nt

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stew [stjuː] n → stufato

vt, vi → cuocere in umido;

stewed tea → tè lasciato troppo in infusione;

stewed fruit → frutta cotta

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stew

v stew [stjuː]

to cook (meat, fruit etc) by slowly boiling and simmering She stewed apples; The meat was stewing in the pan. stowe يَطْهو على نارٍ هادِئَه بِطَريقَة الغَلي задушавам dusit småkoge schmoren (σιγο)βράζω hautama آهسته جوشيدن hauduttaa mijoter לְבַשֵל पकाना, सिझाना, उमस से परेशान होना pirjati, dinstati párol; fő merebus sjóða; láta malla cuocere (in umido), stufare とろ火で煮る 뭉근한 불로 끓이다, 찌다; 쪄지다 troškinti sautēt; (augļus) vārīt kompotā rebus stoven putre, småkoke dusić cozer a fierbe înă­buşit тушить(ся) dusiť dušiti dinstati låta småkoka (sjuda) เคี่ยว haşlamak 燉，煨 тушкувати(ся), варити(ся) دم پخت کرنا hầm, ninh 炖，煨

n

(a dish of) stewed meat etc I've made some beef stew. stowevleis يَخْنَه задушено dušené maso sammenkogt ret das Schmorgericht κρέας ψητό της κατσαρόλας hautis خورش muhennos ragoût תַּבשִׁיל בַּשַר दम पुख्त, परेशानी, तालाब, पोखर pirjano meso, jelo párolt hús gulai kássa stufato シチュー 스튜 요리 troškinta mėsa, troškinys sautēta gaļa; gaļas sautējums rebusan hutspot lapskaus, ragu, gryterett gulasz guisado tocană тушёное мясо dusené mäso dušeno meso, enolončnica dinstano jelo ragu, gryta อาหารเนื้อซึ่งถูกเคี่ยวและปรุงรส yahni 燉肉 тушковане м'ясо دم پخت گوشت món hầm 炖肉