stew¹ /stū/

1. A dish of food, esp meat with vegetables, cooked in water or a stock
2. A troublesome situation (informal)
3. A state of mental agitation (informal)
4. An overheated or sweaty state (informal)
5. A hot bath (old)
6. A room for hot-air baths (old)
7. A boiling pot (Spenser and Shakespeare)
8. (usu in pl) a brothel, or prostitutes' quarter
9. A prostitute (obsolete)
10. Someone who studies hard, esp unintelligently (old slang)

1. To simmer or boil slowly with some moisture
2. To over-infuse (eg tea)
3. To keep in a swelter or narrow confinement
4. To bathe in sweat
5. To bathe in hot air or water

1. To swelter, esp in a confined space
2. To be cooked by stewing
3. To be in a state of worry or agitation (informal)
4. To study hard (old slang)

stewed adjective

1. Cooked by stewing
2. (of tea) over-infused
3. Drunk (informal)

stewˈer noun

stewˈing noun and adjective

stewˈy adjective

1. Like a stew
2. Sweltering

stewˈ-can noun (naval sl)

A destroyer

stewˈpan or stewˈpot noun

A pan or pot used for stewing

in a stew

In a state of worry, agitation

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