stew

Definitions


[stjuː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan
(e.g: lamb stew)

- a state of great anxiety or agitation
(e.g: she's in a right old stew)

- a heated public room used for steam baths


Phrases:
- stew in one's own juice

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘cauldron’): from Old French estuve (related to estuver ‘heat in steam’), probably based on Greek tuphos ‘smoke, steam’. stew (mid 18th century) is directly from the verb (dating from late Middle English)


[stjuː], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (with reference to meat, fruit, or other food) cook or be cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan
(e.g: beef stewed in wine)

- remain in a heated or stifling atmosphere
(e.g: sweaty clothes left to stew in a plastic bag)


Phrases:
- stew in one's own juice

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘cauldron’): from Old French estuve (related to estuver ‘heat in steam’), probably based on Greek tuphos ‘smoke, steam’. stew (mid 18th century) is directly from the verb (dating from late Middle English)


[stjuː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a pond or large tank for keeping fish for eating


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French estui, from estoier ‘confine’


[stjuː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a flight attendant


Phrases:

Origin:
1970s: abbreviation of stewardess




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