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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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