STEW
\stjˈuː], \stjˈuː], \s_t_j_ˈuː]\
Definitions of STEW
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings
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cook slowly and for a long time in liquid; "Stew the vegetables in wine"
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be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"
By Princeton University
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bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings
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cook slowly and for a long time in liquid; "Stew the vegetables in wine"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.
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An artificial bed of oysters.
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To boil slowly, or with the simmering or moderate heat; to seethe; to cook in a little liquid, over a gentle fire, without boiling; as, to stew meat; to stew oysters; to stew apples.
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To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.
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A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse.
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A brothel; -- usually in the plural.
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A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons.
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A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew.
By Oddity Software
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To boil slowly or with a simmering heat; colloquially, to worry.
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A dish prepared by boiling slowly; colloquially, a state of nervous anxiety.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
