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stew1
verb (stewed , stewing )
1 tr & intr to cook (especially meat) by long simmering.
2 a to cause (tea) to become bitter and over-strong by letting it brew for too long;
b intr said of tea: to become bitter and over-strong because it has been left brewing for too long.
3 intr , colloq to be in a state of worry or agitation.
4 colloq to become too hot, especially in a crowded, confined space.
noun
1 a dish of food, especially a mixture of meat and vegetables, that has been cooked by stewing.
2 colloq a state of worry or agitation.
[18c; although earlier, now obsolete senses of -a heated room-, -a stove- and -to take a very hot bath- date from 14c: from French estuve a sweat room]
stew in one's own juice colloq to suffer the consequences of one's own, often ill-advised, actions.
verb (stewed , stewing )
1 tr & intr to cook (especially meat) by long simmering.
2 a to cause (tea) to become bitter and over-strong by letting it brew for too long;
b intr said of tea: to become bitter and over-strong because it has been left brewing for too long.
3 intr , colloq to be in a state of worry or agitation.
4 colloq to become too hot, especially in a crowded, confined space.
noun
1 a dish of food, especially a mixture of meat and vegetables, that has been cooked by stewing.
2 colloq a state of worry or agitation.
[18c; although earlier, now obsolete senses of -a heated room-, -a stove- and -to take a very hot bath- date from 14c: from French estuve a sweat room]
stew in one's own juice colloq to suffer the consequences of one's own, often ill-advised, actions.
stew2
noun
1 a pond or tank for fish.
2 an artificial oyster bed.
[14c: from French estuier to shut up, keep in reserve]
noun
1 a pond or tank for fish.
2 an artificial oyster bed.
[14c: from French estuier to shut up, keep in reserve]
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