English Explanatory Dictionary

stew

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
  2. A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
  3. A brothel.
  4. A prostitute.
  5. A dish cooked by stewing.
  6. A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.
  7. An artificial bed of oysters.
  8. A state of agitated excitement, worry, or confusion.
  9. Unwanted background noise recorded by the microphone.
verb
  1. To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
  2. To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
  3. To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
  4. To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
noun
  1. A cloud of fine particles or droplets; dust, smoke, vapor, mist, or sea-spray.
noun
  1. A steward or stewardess on an airplane or boat.
name
  1. A diminutive of the male given name Stewart.

Pronunciation

/stʃʉː/ /stjuː/ /stʃuː/ sto͞o /stu/ En-au-stew.ogg

Word forms

stew stews stewing stewed

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

casserole hotpot stewpond bake boil sweat swelter brood fret worry

Related words

Stu

Derived words

beef stew brown stew brown stew chicken Brunswick stew cowboy stew cream stew Devonshire stew Exeter stew Frogmore stew graveyard stew hellstew hobo stew horse and rabbit stew hunter's stew in a stew Irish stew Karelian stew kick up a stew Lowcountry stew mike stew mulligan stew perpetual stew rascal stew red-red stew shearer's stew SOB stew son of a bitch stew son-of-a-bitch stew sonofabitch stew son-of-a-gun stew stewbum stewish stewlike stew on a shingle stewp stewpan stew-pée stew pond stewpot stewy too many cooks spoil the stew stewable stewer stew in one's juices stew in one's own broth stew in one's own gravy stew in one's own grease stew in one's own juice stew in one's own juices stew up
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