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Definition stew

Etymology 1

From Middle English stewe, stue, from Anglo-Norman estouve, Old French estuve (“bath, bathhouse”) (modern French étuve), from Medieval Latin stupha, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *extuf?re, from ex- + Ancient Greek ????? (tûphos, “smoke, steam”), from ???? (túph?, “to smoke”). See also Italian stufare, Portuguese estufar. Compare also Old English stuf-bæþ (“a hot-air bath, vapour bath”); see stove.

Noun

stew (usually uncountable, plural stews)

1. (obsolete) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron. [14-17c.]
2. (now historical) A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath. [from 14c.]
3. (archaic) A brothel. [from 14c.]
4. (obsolete) A prostitute.
5. (uncountable, countable) A dish cooked by stewing. [from 18c.]
6. (Sussex) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating; a stew pond.
7. (US, regional) An artificial bed of oysters.
8. (slang) A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.

Verb

stew (third-person singular simple present stews, present participle stewing, simple past and past participle stewed)

1. (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
2. (transitive) To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
3. (intransitive, figuratively) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
4. (intransitive, figuratively) To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of steward or stewardess.

Noun

stew (plural stews)

1. A steward or stewardess on an airplane.

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