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stew

(sto͞o, styo͞o)

v. stewed, stew·ing, stews

v.tr.

To cook (food) by simmering or boiling slowly.

v.intr.

1. To undergo cooking by boiling slowly or simmering.

2. Informal To suffer with oppressive heat or stuffy confinement; swelter.

3. Informal To be in a state of anxiety or agitation. See Synonyms at boil¹.

a. A dish cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat or fish and vegetables with stock.

b. A mixture likened to this dish.

2. Informal Mental agitation: in a stew over the lost keys.

3. often stews Archaic A brothel.

[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).]

stew′y adj.

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stew

(stjuː)

1. (Cookery)

a. a dish of meat, fish, or other food, cooked by stewing

b. (as modifier): stew pot.

2. informal a difficult or worrying situation or a troubled state (esp in the phrase in a stew)

3. a heterogeneous mixture: a stew of people of every race.

4. (usually plural) archaic a brothel

5. obsolete a public room for hot steam baths

6. (Cookery) to cook or cause to cook by long slow simmering

7. (intr) informal to be troubled or agitated

8. (intr) informal to be oppressed with heat or crowding

9. (Cookery) to cause (tea) to become bitter or (of tea) to become bitter through infusing for too long

10. stew in one's own juice to suffer unaided the consequences of one's actions

[C14 stuen to take a very hot bath, from Old French estuver, from Vulgar Latin extūfāre (unattested), from ex-¹ + (unattested) tūfus vapour, from Greek tuphos]

stew

(stjuː)

1. (Zoology) a fishpond or fishtank

2. (Fishing) an artificial oyster bed

[C14: from Old French estui, from estoier to shut up, confine, ultimately from Latin studium study]

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stew

(stu, styu)

v.t.

1. to cook (food) by simmering or slow boiling.

v.i.

2. to undergo cooking by simmering or slow boiling.

3. to fret, worry, or fuss.

4. a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, esp. a mixture of meat and vegetables.

5. a state of agitation, uneasiness, or worry.

6. stews, a neighborhood occupied chiefly by brothels.

Idioms:

stew in one's own juice, to suffer the consequences of one's own actions.

[1350–1400; Middle English stewen, stuwen to take a sweat bath < Old French estuver, v. derivative of estuve sweat room of a bath < Vulgar Latin *extūfa, *extūpa; see stove¹]

stew′a•ble, adj.

syn: See boil¹.

Stew

layers of oysters in an artificial oyster bed; a cooked dish consisting of meat and other vegetables; a breeding place for pheasants—Wilkes.

Examples: stew of oysters, 1817; of pheasants, 1888.

stew

Past participle: stewed
Gerund: stewing

Imperative
stew
stew

Present
I stew
you stew
he/she/it stews
we stew
you stew
they stew

Preterite
I stewed
you stewed
he/she/it stewed
we stewed
you stewed
they stewed

Present Continuous
I am stewing
you are stewing
he/she/it is stewing
we are stewing
you are stewing
they are stewing

Present Perfect
I have stewed
you have stewed
he/she/it has stewed
we have stewed
you have stewed
they have stewed

Past Continuous
I was stewing
you were stewing
he/she/it was stewing
we were stewing
you were stewing
they were stewing

Past Perfect
I had stewed
you had stewed
he/she/it had stewed
we had stewed
you had stewed
they had stewed

Future
I will stew
you will stew
he/she/it will stew
we will stew
you will stew
they will stew

Future Perfect
I will have stewed
you will have stewed
he/she/it will have stewed
we will have stewed
you will have stewed
they will have stewed

Future Continuous
I will be stewing
you will be stewing
he/she/it will be stewing
we will be stewing
you will be stewing
they will be stewing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been stewing
you have been stewing
he/she/it has been stewing
we have been stewing
you have been stewing
they have been stewing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been stewing
you will have been stewing
he/she/it will have been stewing
we will have been stewing
you will have been stewing
they will have been stewing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been stewing
you had been stewing
he/she/it had been stewing
we had been stewing
you had been stewing
they had been stewing

Conditional
I would stew
you would stew
he/she/it would stew
we would stew
you would stew
they would stew

Past Conditional
I would have stewed
you would have stewed
he/she/it would have stewed
we would have stewed
you would have stewed
they would have stewed

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stew

To simmer food gently, usually in the oven.

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Noun	1.	stew - agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" fret, swither, lather, sweat agitation - a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
	2.	stew - food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" pottage - a stew of vegetables and (sometimes) meat bigos - a Polish stew of cabbage and meat Brunswick stew - spicy southern specialty: chicken (or small game) with corn and tomatoes and lima beans and okra and onions and potatoes burgoo - thick spicy stew of whatever meat and whatever vegetables are available; southern United States olla podrida, Spanish burgoo - Spanish version of burgoo Irish burgoo, mulligan, mulligan stew - Irish version of burgoo chicken purloo, purloo, poilu - thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; southern U.S. goulash, gulyas, Hungarian goulash - a rich meat stew highly seasoned with paprika hotchpotch - a stew (or thick soup) made with meat and vegetables hot pot, hotpot - a stew of meat and potatoes cooked in a tightly covered pot Irish stew - meat (especially mutton) stewed with potatoes and onions oyster stew - oysters in cream lobster stew - diced lobster meat in milk or cream lobscouse, lobscuse, scouse - a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors fish stew - a stew made with fish fricassee - pieces of chicken or other meat stewed in gravy with e.g. carrots and onions and served with noodles or dumplings beef stew - a stew made with beef ragout - well-seasoned stew of meat and vegetables ratatouille - a vegetable stew; usually made with tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, peppers, onion, and seasonings pot-au-feu - traditional French stew of vegetables and beef slumgullion - a thin stew of meat and vegetables
Verb	1.	stew - be in a huff; be silent or sullen grizzle, brood pout, sulk, brood - be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"
	2.	stew - bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings grudge resent - feel bitter or indignant about; "She resents being paid less than her co-workers"
	3.	stew - cook slowly and for a long time in liquid; "Stew the vegetables in wine" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" cook - transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" jug - stew in an earthenware jug; "jug the rabbit"

stew

noun

1. hash, goulash, ragout, olla, olio, olla podrida She served him a bowl of beef stew.

verb

1. braise, boil, simmer, casserole Stew the apple and blackberries to make a thick pulp.

2. worry, suffer, be anxious, obsess, brood, fret, agonize, feel uneasy, go through the mill, be in anguish I'd rather let him stew.

in a stew (Informal) troubled, concerned, anxious, worried, fretting, in a panic, in a lather (informal) Highly charged emotions have you in a stew.

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stew

verb

1. To cook (food) in liquid heated to the point of steaming:

boil, parboil, simmer.

2. Informal. To focus the attention on something moodily and at length:

brood, cark, dwell, fret, mope, worry.

noun

Informal. A state of discomposure:

agitation, dither, fluster, flutter, perturbation, tumult, turmoil, upset.

Informal: lather.

Translations

طَعَامٌ مَطْهْوٌ بِالغَليّيَخْنَهيَطْهو على نارٍ هادِئَه بِطَريقَة الغَلي

dušené masodusit

gryderetsammenkogt retsmåkoge

EintopfIrish Stewschmoren Schmorgericht

στιφάδο

guiso olla rehogar cocido estofado

hauduttaakiehualiikaamuhennospaistua

mijoter ragoût civet

varivo

fõ1párolt hús

kássasjóîa; láta malla

stufato cuocere in umido stufare

シチュー

스튜

troškinta mėsa

gaļas sautējumssautētsautēta gaļavārīt kompotā

stoofschotel

lapskaus putre ragu stuing

mięso duszone

guisado

рагу томить

dusené mäso

dušendušitienolončnica

gryta

สตูว์

güveçhaşlamakyahni

món hầm

炖肉煨炖

stew

[stjuː]

A. N

1. (Culin) → estofado m, guisado m (esp LAm)

2. to be in a stew → sudar la gota gorda

B. VT [+ meat] → estofar, guisar (esp LAm); [+ fruit] → cocer, hacer una compota de; [+ tea] → dejar que se repose
stewed apples → compota f de manzanas

C. VI [tea] → quedarse reposando demasiado
to let sb stew in his/her own juice → dejar a algn que cueza en su propia salsa

D. CPD stew meat N (US) → carne f de vaca
stew pan, stew pot N → cazuela f, cacerola f, puchero m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

stew

[ˈstjuː]

(= food) → ragoût m

vt [+ food] → faire mijoter

vi → mijoter

stew

→ Eintopf m ? Irish stew

(inf) to be in a stew (over something) (→ über etw (acc) → or wegen etw) (ganz) aufgeregt sein

(obs, = brothel) → Bordell nt

meat → schmoren; fruit → dünsten; stewed apples → Apfelkompott nt; the tea was stewed → der Tee war bitter geworden

to be stewed (inf: = drunk) → voll sein (inf); to get stewed → sich volllaufen lassen (inf)

vi (meat) → schmoren; (fruit) → dünsten; (inf: tea) → bitter werden; to let somebody stew or to leave somebody to stew (in his/her own juice) → jdn (im eigenen Saft) schmoren lassen

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stew

[stjuː]

1. n

a. (Culin) → stufato

b. (fig) to be in a stew (about sth) → essere agitato/a (per qc)
to get into a stew (about sth) → mettersi in agitazione (per qc)

2. vt (meat) → stufare, cuocere in umido
stewed fruit → frutta cotta

3. vi (tea) → diventare troppo forte
to let sb stew in his own juice (fig) → lasciar cuocere qn nel suo brodo

stew

(stjuː) verb

to cook (meat, fruit etc) by slowly boiling and simmering. She stewed apples; The meat was stewing in the pan.

noun

(a dish of) stewed meat etc. I've made some beef stew.

stew

→ طَعَامٌ مَطْهْوٌ بِالغَليّ dušené maso gryderet Eintopf στιφάδο estofado muhennos mijoter varivo stufato シチュー 스튜 stoofschotel stuing mięso duszone guisado рагу gryta สตูว์ güveç món hầm 炖肉

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He said he would show us what could be done up the river in the way of cooking, and suggested that, with the vegetables and the remains of the cold beef and general odds and ends, we should make an Irish stew.

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He returned them all except the thimble to the younger woman, with some observation, and she immediately restored them to Maggie's pocket, while the men seated themselves, and began to attack the contents of the kettle,--a stew of meat and potatoes,--which had been taken off the fire and turned out into a yellow platter.

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We were at our supper of beef stew and dried apples when he trotted in as if on the heels of a dog team, and made one of the mess at our table.

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Sancho stayed behind with the stew. and invested with plenary delegated authority seated himself at the head of the table, and the landlord sat down with him, for he was no less fond of cow-heel and calves' feet than Sancho was.

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Friar Tuck and Much the miller's son soon became right good friends over the steaming stew they jointly prepared for the merry men that evening.

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Gradually an empty feeling in his middle region became increasingly insistent, and briefly exploring his pockets, Bill decided upon a restaurant where he bought a stew and rolls for fifteen cents.

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26th, found a very large tortoise, which was a treat to me, and my food was regulated thus: I ate a bunch of raisins for my breakfast; a piece of the goat's flesh, or of the turtle, for my dinner, broiled - for, to my great misfortune, I had no vessel to boil or stew anything; and two or three of the turtle's eggs for my supper.

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"Oh, my dear fellow, we're in such a stew here these last two days."

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Cathcart got beastly wet, and you should have seen what a stew he was in because he'd put on a beautiful white suit and it got spoilt.

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Then, too, there was a meaty fisherman's stew, delicious with garlic, and crusty Italian bread without butter, and all washed down with pint mugs of thick and heady claret.

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(including John himself) put down his sixpence for a can of flip, which grateful beverage was brewed with all despatch, and set down in the midst of them on the brick floor; both that it might simmer and stew before the fire, and that its fragrant steam, rising up among them, and mixing with the wreaths of vapour from their pipes, might shroud them in a delicious atmosphere of their own, and shut out all the world.

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"But,"--smacking her lips,--"I'm going to make yez an Irish stew for dinner.

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