Stew Synonyms & Definitions

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• StewDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.
2. (v. t.) A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse.
3. (v. t.) A prostitute.
4. (v. t.) 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.
5. (v. t.) A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew.
6. (v. i.) To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.
7. (n.) An artificial bed of oysters.
8. (v. t.) A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons.
9. (v. t.) A brothel; -- usually in the plural.

• StewardlyDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (adv.) In a manner, or with the care, of a steward.