stew
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: broadcasting
media
Etymology: 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 *extufāre, from ex- + Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, “smoke, steam”), from τύφω (túphō, “to smoke”). See also Italian stufare, Portuguese estufar. Compare also Old English stuf-bæþ (“a hot-air bath, vapour bath”); see stove.
Inflected forms:
form: stews
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: stews
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: stewing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: stewed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: stewed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
uncountable
usually
gloss: A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
pos: noun
tags: historical
uncountable
usually
examples: And when he came to the chamber there as this lady was the dores of yron vnlocked and vnbolted / And so syr launcelot wente in to the chambre that was as hote as ony stewe / And there syr launcelot toke the fayrest lady by the hand / that euer he sawe / and she was naked as a nedel
And when he came to the chamber thereas this lady was, the doors of iron unlocked and unbolted. And so Sir Launcelot went into the chamber that was as hot as any stew. And there Sir Launcelot took the fairest lady by the hand that ever he saw, and she was naked as a needle
gloss: A brothel.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
uncountable
usually
examples: [...] and the agrieved person shall doe more manly, to be extraordinary and singular in claiming the due right whereof he is frustrated, then to piece up his lost contentment by visiting the Stews, or stepping to his neighbours bed, which is the common shift in this mis-fortune, or els by suffering his usefull life to wast away and be lost under a secret affliction of an unconscionable size to humane strength.
And rak'd, for converts, even the court and stews.
Because he was chaste, the precinct of his temple is filled with licensed stews.
Although whores were permitted to sit at the door of the stew, they could not solicit in any way nor ‘chide or throw stones’ at passers-by.
gloss: A prostitute.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
uncountable
usually
examples: But it was so plotted betwixt the Lady, her Husband, and Bristol, that instead of that beauty, he had a notorious Stew sent him, and surely his carriage there was so lascivious...
gloss: A dish cooked by stewing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
usually
examples: I noticed then that there was nothing to drink on the table but brandy, and nothing to eat but salted herrings, and a hot, sickly, highly peppered stew.
gloss: A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: It was used as a stew, so that the inhabitants of the castle could have fish on Fridays, and for this reason the architects had been careful not to let the drains and sewers run into it. It was stocked with fish every year.
gloss: An artificial bed of oysters.
pos: noun
tags: US
regional
uncountable
usually
gloss: A state of agitated excitement, worry, or confusion.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
usually
examples: to be in a stew
gloss: Unwanted background noise recorded by the microphone.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
usually
examples: mike stew
gloss: To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
pos: verb
tags: ergative
intransitive
transitive
examples: I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole.
The meat is stewing nicely.
Then she took the heart and liver of the little girl, and she stewed them and brought them into the house for supper.
gloss: To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
intransitive
examples: It was an honest letter, written by an honest man, then stewing in the Plains on two hundred rupees a month (for he allowed his wife eight hundred and fifty), and in a silk banian and cotton trousers.
gloss: To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
intransitive
Synonyms: casserole
hotpot
Derived words: beef stew
brown stew
brown stew chicken
Brunswick stew
cowboy stew
cream stew
Devonshire stew
Exeter stew
Frogmore stew
graveyard stew
hellstew
hobo stew
horse and rabbit stew
hunter's stew
in a stew
Irish stew
Karelian stew
kick up a stew
Lowcountry stew
mike stew
mulligan stew
perpetual stew
rascal stew
red-red stew
shearer's stew
SOB stew
son of a bitch stew
son-of-a-bitch stew
sonofabitch stew
son-of-a-gun stew
stewbum
stewish
stewlike
stew on a shingle
stewp
stewpan
stew-pée
stew pond
stewpot
stewy
too many cooks spoil the stew
stewable
stewer
stew in one's juices
stew in one's own broth
stew in one's own gravy
stew in one's own grease
stew in one's own juice
stew in one's own juices
stew up
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