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   stew

   /stjuː/

   noun

   • 1. a dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan: "lamb stew"
   • 2. a state of great anxiety or agitation: informal "she's in a right old stew"
   • 3. a heated public room used for steam baths. archaic
   • ▪ a brothel: "the stews of Southwark"

   verb

   • 1. (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" Similar braisecasserolefricasseesimmerboiljugsmoorarchaic:seethe
   • ▪ (of tea) become strong and bitter with prolonged brewing. British
   • ▪ be steeped in or imbued with: literary "politics there are stewed in sexual prejudice and privilege"
   • 2. remain in a heated or stifling atmosphere: informal "sweaty clothes left to stew in a plastic bag" Similar swelterbe very hotperspiresweatinformal:roastbakebe boiling
   • ▪ worry about something, especially on one's own: "James will be expecting us, so we will let him stew a bit" Similar worryfretagonizebe anxiousbe nervousbe agitatedget in a panicget worked upget in a flusterget overwroughtinformal:get in a flapget in a stateget in a tizz/tizzyget in a tiz-wozget in a sweatget steamed upget in a lather

   Word Origin 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).

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   How do you make a stew?

   • A stew is a meal which you make by cooking meat and vegetables in liquid at a low temperature. She served him a bowl of lamb stew. They made a stew. When you stew meat, vegetables, or fruit, you cook them slowly in liquid in a closed dish. Stew the apple and blackberries to make a thick pulp. [VERB noun] ...stewed prunes. [VERB-ed] 3. 4.

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   What does stew mean in English?

   • To stew is to slowly cook food, which results in a soup-like food called a stew. To stew also means to brood angrily. If you cook something slowly, like beef or vegetables, you stew it. The result of stewing is also called stew, which is usually chunky, like a thick soup. People can stew in another way when it comes to emotions.

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   What is the root word of 'stew'?

   • The term 'stew' comes from Old French 'estuver', which means 'have a hot bath' or 'plunge into a bath'. The root word is 'stew' and it was used to describe the process of cooking food by simmering it in a liquid.

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   Do bones make a good stew?

   • Bones add flavor to stews and other wet cooking methods, but not in grilling or roasting methods. Stewing over upsetting events only makes us feel worse, as brooding is surprisingly damaging to our mental health. Well, it's a great warm-up in winter, it freezes well, and it is perfect for soups and stews.

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   Why does the narrator stew over everything?

   • In the narrator's obsessive passion, he stews over every detail. Elsewhere, fishponds were constructed for breeding fish or as stock ponds or stews for holding fish caught in rivers and pools until they were needed. The bad medieval husband locks his wife up in a castle; the bad modern husband leaves his to stew in her own agoraphobia.

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   Is it OK to stew over upsetting events?

   • Stewing over upsetting events only makes us feel worse, as brooding is surprisingly damaging to our mental health. Well, it's a great warm-up in winter, it freezes well, and it is perfect for soups and stews. Moving citizen communication to the beginning of meetings prevents residents from stewing in anger all meeting long.

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   • English (US)

     a type of food consisting usually of meat or fish and...

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   • Stew: Thai Translation

     stew translate: เคี่ยว, อาหารเนื้อซึ่งถูกเคี่ยวและปรุงรส....

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     stew translate: merebus, gulai. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     STEW translate: يَخْني (خُضار مَطْبوخ مَع الَّلحْم). Learn...

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     STEW translate: тушеное мясо с овощами. Learn more in the...

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   noun. a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat and vegetables. Synonyms: ragout, casserole. 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. stew.

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   A stew is a meal which you make by cooking meat and vegetables in liquid at a low temperature.

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   A stew is a meal which you make by cooking meat and vegetables in liquid at a low temperature. 2. When you stew meat, vegetables, or fruit, you cook them slowly in liquid in a closed dish.

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   To stew is to slowly cook food, which results in a soup-like food called a stew. To stew also means to brood angrily. If you cook something slowly, like beef or vegetables, you stew it.