stew meat or vegetables

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• stew — ► NOUN 1) a dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan. 2) informal a state of anxiety or agitation. 3) archaic a public steam bath. 4) archaic a brothel. ► VERB 1) cook slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan.… …   English terms dictionary

• stew — stew1 [sto͞o, styo͞o] vt. [ME stuen < MFr estuver, to stew, bathe < VL * extufare < L ex, out + Gr typhos, steam, smoke < IE * dheubh < base * dheu , blow, be turbid > DULL] to cook by simmering or boiling slowly for a long time …   English World dictionary

• stew — stew1 stewable, adj. /stooh, styooh/, v.t. 1. to cook (food) by simmering or slow boiling. v.i. 2. to undergo cooking by simmering or slow boiling. 3. Informal. to fret, worry, or fuss: He stewed about his chaotic state of affairs all day. 4. to… …   Universalium

• stew — [[t]stju͟ː, AM stu͟ː[/t]] stews, stewing, stewed 1) N VAR 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 beef stew... They made a stew. 2) VERB When you stew meat,… …   English dictionary

• stew — {{11}}stew (n.) c.1300, vessel for cooking, from STEW (Cf. stew) (v.). Later heated room (late 14c.). The noun meaning stewed meat with vegetables is first recorded 1756; Irish stew is attested from 1814. The obsolete slang meaning brothel (mid… …   Etymology dictionary

• stew — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Stew is used after these nouns: ↑beef, ↑fish, ↑lamb, ↑meat, ↑seafood, ↑vegetables {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Stew is used with these nouns as the object: ↑beef, ↑meat …   Collocations dictionary

• stew — [[t]stu, styu[/t]] v. t. 1) coo to cook (food) by simmering or slow boiling 2) coo to undergo cooking by simmering or slow boiling 3) inf to fret, worry, or fuss 4) coo a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, esp. a mixture… …   From formal English to slang

• stew — stew1 [stju: US stu:] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: estuve cooking pot, heated room , from Vulgar Latin extufa; STOVE1] 1.) [U and C] a hot meal made by cooking meat and vegetables slowly in liquid for a long time = ↑casserole ▪ a pot …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• stew — 1 noun 1 (C) a cooked dish, made of meat and vegetables that are cooked slowly together in liquid: beef stew 2 in a stew informal to be confused or anxious, especially because you are in a difficult situation: You re in a real stew about this… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• stew — stew1 noun 1》 a dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan. 2》 informal a state of anxiety or agitation. 3》 archaic a public room used for hot steam baths.     ↘a brothel. verb 1》 cook or be cooked slowly in… …   English new terms dictionary

• stew — stjuː n. dish of meat and vegetables that is cooked by simmering; state of worry or confusion, agitated state; whorehouse, brothel (Archaic) v. cook at a slow boil, simmer; be cooked at a slow boil; worry, be anxious, fret (Informal); swelter,… …   English contemporary dictionary