stew

Meaning

Verb

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

Noun

1. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
2. (historical, uncountable, usually) A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
3. (archaic, uncountable, usually) A brothel.
4. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) A prostitute.
5. (countable, uncountable, usually) A dish cooked by stewing.
6. (uncountable, usually) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.
7. (US, regional, uncountable, usually) An artificial bed of oysters.
8. (slang, uncountable, usually) A state of agitated excitement, worry, or confusion.
9. (slang, uncountable, usually) Unwanted background noise recorded by the microphone.

Noun

A cloud of fine particles or droplets; dust, smoke, vapor, mist, or sea-spray.

Noun

A steward or stewardess on an airplane or boat.

Synonyms

soup

🍲

simmer

steam

cook

🧑‍🍳

braise

ragout

grudge

boil

fret

brood

sweat

😓

lather

pot

broth

concern

grizzle

worry

seethe

swither

juice

pishpash

gravy

grieve

heebie-jeebies

hoarse

hodgepodge

jitters

mush

mystification

nerves

nervousness

noise

parboil

perplexity

pickle

poach

poaching

pond

puzzlement

queasiness

repent

roar

rumble

scald

scrape

skittishness

sorrow

squirm

suspense

trepidation

Translations

Eintopf

🍲

ragoût

stufato

stufare

🍲

schmoren

guisado

🍲

guisado

🍲

cozido

stoven

Stew

goulash

Eintopfgericht

smoren

σιγοβράζω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stʃʉː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: stewen

Inherited from Middle English: stiven

In summary

From Middle English stewen, stuwen, from the noun above; and also from Middle English stiven, styven (“to bathe, cook, stew”).

Sentences

Apparently , it's the dumplings that make this stew taste so good .