stew

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Synonyms 1.5.2 Translations 1.5.3 Derived terms 1.6 See also 1.7 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

Old French estuve (modern French étuve), from Mediaeval Latin stupha, perhaps ultimately from Ancient Greek τῦφος (“‘smoke, steam’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /stjuː/
• (US) enPR: sto͞o, IPA: /stu/, SAMPA: /stu/
• Rhymes: -uː

[edit] Noun

stew (plural stews)

1. (obsolete) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
2. (archaic) A brothel.
   • 1681, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel

     And rak'd, for converts, even the court and stews.

   • 1835, Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Sir James Mackintosh"

     Because he was chaste, the precinct of his temple is filled with licensed stews.

   • 1977, Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society 2006, p. 37:

     Although whores were permitted to sit at the door of the stew, they could not solicit in any way nor ‘chide or throw stones’ at passers-by.

3. A dish cooked by stewing.
   • 1870, Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Wordsworth Classics 1998, p. 367:

     I noticed then that there was nothing to drink on the table but brandy, and nothing to eat but salted herrings, and a hot, sickly, highly peppered stew.

4. (Sussex) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.

[edit] Synonyms

• (food) casserole, (British) hotpot

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[edit] Verb

to stew (third-person singular simple present stews, present participle stewing, simple past and past participle stewed)

1. (transitive) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
2. (transitive) To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.

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to stew (third-person singular simple present stews, present participle stewing, simple past and past participle stewed)

1. (intransitive, informal) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
2. (intransitive, informal) To be in a state of elevated anxiety or consideration.

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• (suffer under hot conditions): bake, boil, sweat, swelter
• (be in a state of elevated anxiety): brood, fret, sweat, worry

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[edit] Derived terms

• in a stew
• stewpot

[edit] See also

• casserole
• cassoulet
• goulash
• ragout

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of estw
• west, West
• wets