stew
1to cook (food) by simmering or slow boiling.
to undergo cooking by simmering or slow boiling.
Informal. to fret, worry, or fuss: He stewed about his chaotic state of affairs all day.
to feel uncomfortable due to a hot, humid, stuffy atmosphere, as in a closed room; swelter.
a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat and vegetables.
Informal. a state of agitation, uneasiness, or worry.
a brothel; whorehouse.
stews, a neighborhood occupied chiefly by brothels.
Obsolete. a vessel for boiling or stewing.
Idioms about stew
stew in one's own juice, to suffer the consequences of one's own actions.
Origin of stew
1synonym study For stew
Other words for stew
Other words from stew
- stew·a·ble, adjective
Words Nearby stew
Other definitions for stew (2 of 2)
Origin of stew
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How to use stew in a sentence
“The combination of half-listening and overdramatization of the facts by the media creates an anxiety-driven stew,” Ridge says.
Rumors of a ‘murder hornet’ apocalypse may have been exaggerated | Erika Engelhaupt | December 22, 2020 | Science NewsIf you’re not sure how well your thermos works, you’re better off packing hot water and mixing it with dehydrated soup packets on the trail versus packing beef stew to go.
Want to Get Outside All Winter? Bring Your Thermos. | AC Shilton | November 29, 2020 | Outside OnlineThe kettle comes with an inner stew pot, tea basket, and infuser so you can simply place your ingredients in the proper container, secure them to the kettle, and get cooking.
The best electric kettles for a great brew | PopSci Commerce Team | October 8, 2020 | Popular-ScienceFor real, it has nine functions that can help you make a slow-cooked meal, stew, yogurt, natural fruit or loose leaf tea, warm milk, and so much more.
The best electric kettles for a great brew | PopSci Commerce Team | October 8, 2020 | Popular-ScienceUse your options wiselyBone broth is often used as a soup base for more complex soups and stews.
Bone broth will sustain you at home and in the wild. Here’s how to make it. | By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life | October 5, 2020 | Popular-Science
“Gronkowski” itself never manages to sound more erotic than the name of a hearty Polish stew or a D-list WWE performer.
‘A Gronking to Remember’ Speed Read: 8 Naughtiest Bits | Emily Shire | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTEarlier this month, Toledo, Ohio, watched its municipal water supply descend into an undrinkable stew of algal toxins.
There could be no more fitting companion for the Acadian chicken stew entree inscribed on a blackboard in the dining room.
On the Canadian Border, It's Pancakes for Every Meal | Jane & Michael Stern | July 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSometimes there'd be a whole flock of guys, and she'd give us a stew or a thick soup.
We can only sit and stew in our conviction that anime is becoming an important port of inspiration.
"I think stew is much better the second day," observed Benny, eating hungrily.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerThe girls lighted the fire and heated up the remainder of the stew and cut the bread.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerSo Corydon would add more flannel dresses and blankets, until the unfortunate mite of life would be in a purple stew.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairUncle Cephas liked a hot supper; they had chicken stew to-night, and boiled rice.
Growing Up | Jennie M. DrinkwaterI have some rabbit stew on the fire, Humphrey, all ready for you, and you will find it very good.
The Children of the New Forest | Captain Marryat
British Dictionary definitions for stew (1 of 2)
/ (stjuː) /
a dish of meat, fish, or other food, cooked by stewing
(as modifier): stew pot
informal a difficult or worrying situation or a troubled state (esp in the phrase in a stew)
a heterogeneous mixture: a stew of people of every race
(usually plural) archaic a brothel
obsolete a public room for hot steam baths
to cook or cause to cook by long slow simmering
(intr) informal to be troubled or agitated
(intr) informal to be oppressed with heat or crowding
to cause (tea) to become bitter or (of tea) to become bitter through infusing for too long
stew in one's own juice to suffer unaided the consequences of one's actions
Origin of stew
1British Dictionary definitions for stew (2 of 2)
/ (stjuː) /
a fishpond or fishtank
an artificial oyster bed
Origin of stew
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with stew
In addition to the idiom beginning with stew
- stew in one's own juice
also see:
- in a stew
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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