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Definition of 'stew'English
Etymology 1
(etyl) estuve (modern French .
Noun
(en-noun)
(label) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
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*:And when he came to the chamber there as this lady was the dores of yron vnlocked and vnbolted / And so syr launcelot wente in to the chambre that was as hote as ony stewe / And there syr launcelot toke the fayrest lady by the hand / that euer he sawe / and she was naked as a nedel
(label) A brothel.
*1681 , (John Dryden), (Absalom and Achitophel)
*:And rak'd, for converts, even the court and stews .
*1835 , (Thomas Babington Macaulay), Sir James Mackintosh
*:Because he was chaste, the precinct of his temple is filled with licensed stews .
*1977 , Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld , Folio Society, 2006, p.37:
*:Although whores were permitted to sit at the door of the stew , they could not solicit in any way nor ‘chide or throw stones’ at passers-by.
(label) A prostitute.
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*1870 , Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood , Wordsworth Classics, 1998, p.367:
*:I noticed then that there was nothing to drink on the table but brandy, and nothing to eat but salted herrings, and a hot, sickly, highly peppered stew .
(label) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.
An artificial bed of oysters.
(label) A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.
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Synonyms
* (food) casserole, (British) hotpot
Coordinate terms
* casserole
* cassoulet
* goulash
* ragout
Derived terms
* in a stew
* stewpot
Verb
( en-verb)
(transitive|or|intransitive|or|ergative) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
- I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole.
- The meat is stewing nicely.
To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
(figuratively) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
(figuratively) To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
Synonyms
* (suffer under hot conditions) bake, boil, sweat, swelter
* (be in a state of elevated anxiety) brood, fret, sweat, worry
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of steward or stewardess.
Noun
( en-noun)
A steward or stewardess on an airplane.
* 1975 November 3, , volume 8, number 44, page 8 [http://google.com/books?id=OekCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8&dq=stew]:
- And then, working as a stew for American Airlines, Mo met another older man.
* 1991 , , 1992 edition, ISBN 0425184226, page 480 [http://google.com/books?id=kP84eUjxv-MC&pg=PA480&dq=stew]:
- "We want to know what he's going to be saying on his airplane."
- "I don't have the legs to dress up as a stew , doc. Besides, I never learned to do the tea ceremony, either."
* 1992 January, Skip Hollandsworth, "Doing the Hustle", , ISSN 0148-7736, volume 20, issue 1, page 52 [http://google.com/books?id=dysEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52&dq=stew]:
- Dallas was also becoming known as a "stew zoo" because so many flight attendants were relocating there to work for Southwest, Braniff, and American Airlines.
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