stew
Plural: stews
Noun
- agitation resulting from active worry
- "don't get in a stew"
- food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables
- A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
- A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
- A brothel.
- A prostitute.
- A dish cooked by stewing.
- A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.
- An artificial bed of oysters.
- A state of agitated excitement, worry, or confusion.
- Unwanted background noise recorded by the microphone.
- A steward or stewardess on an airplane or boat.
Verb
Verb Forms: stewed, stewing, stews
- To cook food slowly in liquid in a closed dish.
- be in a huff; be silent or sullen
- bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings
- cook slowly and for a long time in liquid
- "Stew the vegetables in wine"
- To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
- To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
- To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
- To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
Examples
- He tried to STEW a winning strategy, but his letters just wouldn’t cooperate.
- I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole.
- mike stew
- The meat is stewing nicely.
- to be in a stew
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English stewe, stue, from Anglo-Norman estouve, Old French estuve (“bath, bathhouse”) (modern French étuve), from Medieval Latin stupha, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *extufāre, from ex- + Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, “smoke, steam”), from τύφω (túphō, “to smoke”). See also Italian stufare, Portuguese estufar. Compare also Old English stuf-bæþ (“a hot-air bath, vapour bath”); see stove.
Synonyms
brood, fret, grizzle, grudge, lather, sweat, swither, bake, boil, casserole, hotpot, stewpond, swelter, worry
Scrabble Score: 7
stew: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordstew: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stew: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary