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   stew

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   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?

   • Get a quick, free translation! STEW definition: 1. a type of food consisting usually of meat or fish and vegetables cooked slowly in a small amount…. Learn more.

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   What does Stewen mean in English?

   • [Middle English stewen, to bathe in a steam bath, stew, from Old French estuver, possibly from Vulgar Latin *extūpāre, *extūfāre, to bathe, evaporate : Latin ex-, ex- + Vulgar Latin *tūfus, hot vapor (from Greek tūphos, fever; see typhus).] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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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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   What is a meat based white stew?

   • Meat-based white stews also known as blanquettes or fricassées are made with lamb or veal that is blanched or lightly seared without browning, and cooked in stock. Brown stews are made with pieces of red meat that are first seared or browned, before a browned mirepoix and sometimes browned flour, stock and wine are added.

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   Where did stew come from?

   • The world's oldest known evidence of stew was found in Japan, dating to the Jōmon period. Amazonian tribes used the shells of turtles as vessels, boiling the entrails of the turtle and various other ingredients in them.

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   Stew can be a noun for a type of food or an idiom for being angry or worried. Learn how to use it in sentences and see translations in different languages.

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     STEW meaning: 1. a type of food consisting usually of meat...

   • Znaczenie Stew, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     stew definicja: 1. a type of food consisting usually of meat...

   • Stew: Thai Translation

     stew translate: เคี่ยว, อาหารเนื้อซึ่งถูกเคี่ยวและปรุงรส....

   • Stew: Indonesian Translation

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

   • Stew: Arabic Translation

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

   • Stew: German Translation

     stew translate: schmoren, das Schmorgericht. Learn more in...

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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 combination of solid food ingredients that have been cooked in liquid and served in the resultant gravy. Ingredients can include any combination of vegetables and may include meat, especially tougher meats suitable for slow-cooking, such as beef, pork, venison, rabbit, lamb, poultry, sausages, and seafood.

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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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   Stew is a verb meaning to cook food by simmering or boiling, or a noun meaning a dish of meat or fish with vegetables. It can also mean a state of agitation, worry, or anxiety, or a brothel.

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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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   Stew is a noun that means a dish of meat and/or vegetables cooked slowly in liquid. It can also mean to feel very anxious or upset about something. Learn more about the word origin, collocations and idioms with Oxford.