stew
Meaning of stew
noun
- a dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan.
lamb stew
add to casseroles, stews, and sauces
- a state of great anxiety or agitation.
she's in a right old stew
- a heated public room used for steam baths.
- (with reference to meat, fruit, or other food) cook or be cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan.
beef stewed in wine
- remain in a heated or stifling atmosphere.
sweaty clothes left to stew in a plastic bag
Middle English (in the sense ‘cauldron’): from Old French estuve (related to estuver ‘heat in steam’), probably based on Greek tuphos ‘smoke, steam’. stew1 (sense 1 of the noun) (mid 18th century) is directly from the verb (dating from late Middle English).
noun
a pond or large tank for keeping fish for eating.
Middle English: from Old French estui, from estoier ‘confine’.
noun
a flight attendant.
1970s: abbreviation of stewardess.
Information about stew
- The plural form of stew is: stews.
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Hyphenation of stew
stew
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- stew is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
stew synonyms
Meaning fret:
Meaning grizzle:
Meaning grudge:
Meaning a kind of stew that is cooked slowly in an oven:
Meaning feeling or appearing troubled or nervous:
Meaning feeling or showing worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome:
Meaning easily agitated or alarmed:
Meaning in a state of nervous excitement or anxiety:
Meaning agitated or confused:
Meaning agitated, nervous, or anxious:
Meaning characterized by or exposed to strong winds:
Meaning on edge; ill at ease:
Meaning (of a piano) having strings in sets crossing each other obliquely:
Meaning fry (food) lightly and then stew it slowly in a closed container:
Meaning make a fricassee of (meat):
Meaning (of water or food that is being heated) stay just below boiling point while bubbling gently:
Meaning (with reference to a liquid) reach or cause to reach the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour:
Meaning stew or boil (a hare or rabbit) in a covered container:
Meaning braise or stew (meat or fish):
Meaning (of a liquid) boil or be turbulent as if boiling:
Meaning be uncomfortably hot:
Meaning give out sweat through the pores of the skin as a result of heat, physical exertion, or stress:
Meaning cook (food, especially meat) by prolonged exposure to heat in an oven or over a fire:
Meaning cook (food) by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven:
stew antonyms
Meaning a fairly low temperature:
Meaning the absence of strong emotions; calm feelings:
Meaning free from tension and anxiety:
Anagrams of stew
ewts, Tews, tews, West, west, wets
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