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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024stew1 /stu, styu/USA pronunciation v. - Foodto (cause food to) cook by simmering: [no object]Let the meat stew slowly in its own juices.[~ + object]You can stew this cheap meat to make it tender.
- Informal Terms to fret, worry, or fuss:[no object]Stop stewing about how bad your situation is!
n. - Fooda preparation of food cooked by stewing, esp. a mixture of meat and vegetables: [uncountable]some hot beef stew.[countable]Use this cheap meat in stews.
- Informal Terms a state of nervous excitement or worry:[countable* singular;usually: a + ~]She's in a stew about finishing her term paper on time.
Idioms- Idioms stew in one's own juices, to suffer the results or consequences of one's own actions:We left him to stew in his own juices.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stew1 (sto̅o̅, styo̅o̅),USA pronunciation v.t. - Foodto cook (food) by simmering or slow boiling.
v.i. - Foodto undergo cooking by simmering or slow boiling.
- Informal Termsto fret, worry, or fuss:He stewed about his chaotic state of affairs all day.
- to feel uncomfortable due to a hot, humid, stuffy atmosphere, as in a closed room;
swelter. - stew in one's own juice, to suffer the consequences of one's own actions.
n. - Fooda preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, esp. a mixture of meat and vegetables.
- Informal Termsa state of agitation, uneasiness, or worry.
- a brothel;
whorehouse. - stews, a neighborhood occupied chiefly by brothels.
- Food[Obs.]a vessel for boiling or stewing.
- Middle French estuver, verb, verbal derivative of estuve sweat room of a bath; see stove1
- Middle English stewen, stuwen to take a sweat bath 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See boil 1.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ragout.
stew2 (sto̅o̅, styo̅o̅),USA pronunciation n. [Slang.]- Slang Termssteward;
- Slang Termsstewardess.
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