stew : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stew	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for stew
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stew n agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" Synonym(s): fret, stew, sweat, lather, swither food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables v be in a huff; be silent or sullen [syn: grizzle, brood, stew] bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings Synonym(s): stew, grudge cook slowly and for a long time in liquid; "Stew the vegetables in wine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stew \Stew\, n. [Cf. {Stow}.] 1. A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Chaucer. Evelyn. 2. An artificial bed of oysters. [Local, U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stew \Stew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stewed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stewing}.] [OE. stuven, OF. estuver, F. [82]tuver, fr. OF. estuve, F. [82]tuve, a sweating house, a room heated for a bath; probably of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. stove. See {Stove}, and cf. {Stive} to stew.] To boil slowly, or with the simmering or moderate heat; to seethe; to cook in a little liquid, over a gentle fire, without boiling; as, to stew meat; to stew oysters; to stew apples.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stew \Stew\, v. i. To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stew \Stew\, n. [OE. stue, stuwe, OF. estuve. See {Stew}, v. t.] 1. A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse. [Obs.] As burning [92]tna from his boiling stew Doth belch out flames. --Spenser. The Lydians were inhibited by Cyrus to use any armor, and give themselves to baths and stews. --Abp. Abbot. 2. A brothel; -- usually in the plural. --Bacon. South. There be that hate harlots, and never were at the stews. --Aschman. 3. A prostitute. [Obs.] --Sir A. Weldon. 4. A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons. 5. A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew. [Colloq.]