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Definitions for stew
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Princeton's WordNet
fret, stew, sweat, lather, swithernoun
agitation resulting from active worry
"don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams"
stewverb
food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables
grizzle, brood, stewverb
be in a huff; be silent or sullen
stew, grudgeverb
bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings
stewverb
cook slowly and for a long time in liquid
"Stew the vegetables in wine"
Wiktionary
stewnoun
A steward or stewardess on an airplane.
Stewnoun
A diminutive of the male given name Stewart.
Etymology: estuve (modern French étuve), from stupha, perhaps ultimately from τῦφος.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Stewnoun
Etymology: estuve, French; stufa, Italian; estufa, Spanish.
As burning Ætna from his boiling stew
Doth belch out flames, and rocks in pieces broke,
And ragged ribs of mountains molten new,
Enwrapt in coal-black clouds and filthy smoke. Fa. Queen.The Lydians were inhibited by Cyrus to use any armour, and give themselves to baths and stews. George Abbot.
There be that hate harlots, and never were at the stews; that abhor falshood, and never brake promise. Roger Ascham.
My business in this state
Made me a looker-on here in Vienna,
Where I have seen corruption boil and bubble,
’Till it o’er-run the stew. William Shakespeare.With them there are no stews, no dissolute houses, no curtesans. Francis Bacon, New Atlantis.
Her, though seven years she in the stews had laid,
A nunnery durst receive and think a maid
And though in childbirth’s labour she did lie,
Midwives would swear ’twere but a tympany. John Donne.What mod’rate fop would rake the park or stews,
Who among troops of faultless nymphs can chuse? Wentworth Dillon.Making his own house a stews, a bordel, and a school of lewdness, to instill the rudiments of vice into the unwary flexible years of his poor children. Robert South, Sermons.
To Stewverb
To seeth any thing in a slow moist heat.
Etymology: estuver, French; stoven, Dutch.
Ere I was risen from the place, that show’d
My duty kneeling, came a reeking post,
Stew’d in his haste, half breathless. William Shakespeare, King Lear.I bruised my skin with playing at sword and dagger with a master of fence, three veneys for a dish of stew’d prunes. William Shakespeare.
To Stewverb
To be seethed in a slow moist heat.
Wikipedia
Stew
A stew is a combination of solid food ingredients that have been cooked in liquid and served in the resultant gravy. A stew is not a soup. A stew needs to have raw ingredients added to the gravy. Ingredients in a stew can include any combination of vegetables and may include meat, especially tougher meats suitable for slow-cooking, such as beef, pork, lamb, poultry, sausages, and seafood. While water can be used as the stew-cooking liquid, stock is also common. A small amount of red wine is sometimes added for flavour. Seasoning and flavourings may also be added. Stews are typically cooked at a relatively low temperature (simmered, not boiled), allowing flavours to mingle. Stewing is suitable for the least tender cuts of meat that become tender and juicy with the slow moist heat method. This makes it popular in low-cost cooking. Cuts having a certain amount of marbling and gelatinous connective tissue give moist, juicy stews, while lean meat may easily become dry. Stews are thickened by reduction or with flour, either by coating pieces of meat with flour before searing, or by using a roux or beurre manié, a dough consisting of equal parts of fat and flour. Thickeners like cornstarch, potato starch, or arrowroot may also be used. Stews are similar to soups, and in some cases there may not be a clear distinction between the two. Generally, stews have less liquid than soups, are much thicker and require longer cooking over low heat. While soups are almost always served in a bowl, stews may be thick enough to be served on a plate with the gravy as a sauce over the solid ingredients.
ChatGPT
stew
Stew is a type of culinary dish characterized by its method of preparation, namely slow cooking in liquid. It typically includes a combination of vegetables and protein (usually meat or poultry) cooked in a pot over low heat, often for a few hours. The heat breaks down tough meat fibers, rendering them tender, and the liquid (which could be water, stock, wine or any flavorful liquid), combines with the ingredients and condiments to create a thick, flavorful sauce or gravy.
Webster Dictionary
Stewnoun
a small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium
Stewnoun
an artificial bed of oysters
Stewverb
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
Stewverb
to be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture
Stewverb
a place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse
Stewverb
a brothel; -- usually in the plural
Stewverb
a prostitute
Stewverb
a dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons
Stewverb
a state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew
Etymology: [OE. stuven, OF. estuver, F. tuver, fr. OF. estuve, F. tuve, a sweating house, a room heated for a bath; probably of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. stove. See Stove, and cf. Stive to stew.]
Wikidata
Stew
A stew is a combination of solid food ingredients that have been cooked in liquid and served in the resultant gravy. Ingredients in a stew can include any combination of vegetables, meat, especially tougher meats suitable for slow-cooking, such as beef. Poultry, sausages, and seafood are also used. While water can be used as the stew-cooking liquid, wine, stock, and beer are also common. Seasoning and flavourings may also be added. Stews are typically cooked at a relatively low temperature, allowing flavors to mingle. Stewing is suitable for the least tender cuts of meat that become tender and juicy with the slow moist heat method. This makes it popular in low-cost cooking. Cuts having a certain amount of marbling and gelatinous connective tissue give moist, juicy stews, while lean meat may easily become dry. Stews may be thickened by reduction or with flour, either by coating pieces of meat with flour before searing, or by using a roux or beurre manié, a dough consisting of equal parts of butter and flour. Thickeners like cornstarch or arrowroot may also be used. Stews are similar to soups, and in some cases there may not be a clear distinction between the two. Generally, stews have less liquid than soups, are much thicker and require longer cooking over low heat. While soups are almost always served in a bowl, stews may be thick enough to be served on a plate with the gravy as a sauce over the solid ingredients.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Stew
stū, v.t. to simmer or boil slowly with little moisture.—v.i. to be boiled slowly and gently: (slang) to be in a state of worry or agitation: to read hard for an examination.—n. meat stewed: mental agitation: worry: (slang) one who reads hard: a room for bathing purposes: (pl.) a brothel.—ns. Stew′-pan, -pot, a pan, pot, used for stewing. [O. Fr. estuve (étuve), a stove—Old High Ger. stupā (Ger. stube), a heated room.]
Stew
stū, n. an artificial oyster-bed: a vivarium.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of stew in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of stew in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of stew in a Sentence
Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo:
Thursday is about starting to work through the list of issues pending. The truth is the horizon going forward is a horizon of a couple of weeks, i think you need to be alert that if there's going to be rabbit for the stew, it's going to be at the end of April.
It's a bread roll, you cut it in half and you can put whatever you want in it, beans, pork, beef, ham, white cheese, the stew from the night before.
Talk of joy there may be things better than beef stew and baked potatoes and home-made bread -- there may be.
stewart = the art of stew choreography
I suffer from a complex stew of mental health conditions - dark places, depression, anxiety, addictions.
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- حساءArabic
- Eintopf, dämpfen, Brei, schmoren, dünstenGerman
- σιγοβράζω, γιαχνίζω, βραστό, βράζω, στιφάδο, ψήνομαιGreek
- guisado, estofado, cocidoSpanish
- liikaa, muhennos, kiehua, hauduttaa, pata, paistua, laatikkoFinnish
- étouffer, trembler, ragoût, transpirer, frémir, faire du thé, frissonnerFrench
- stobhach, stobhIrish
- stiubha, stiubh, stiubhaigScottish Gaelic
- मछली पालने का जहाज़Hindi
- dinsztel, párol, főzelékHungarian
- շոգեխաշելArmenian
- rebusanIndonesian
- boccheggiare, stufato, stare sui carboni ardenti, cuocere, preoccuparsi, stufare, bollire, soffocareItalian
- נזידHebrew
- シチューJapanese
- thufuKikuyu, Gikuyu
- 스튜Korean
- شلهKurdish
- вари, манџа, врие, вариво, се вари, динстаMacedonian
- stu, rendidihMalay
- sidderen, smoren, beven, stikken, thee zetten, stoven, zwetenDutch
- cozidoPortuguese
- потушить, жаркое, тушёное мясо, тушить, рагуRussian
- dinstati, динстатиSerbo-Croatian
- enolončnica, kuhati, dušitiSlovene
- stuvning, koka bort, gryta, stuvaSwedish
- kitoweo, mchuziSwahili
- కూరTelugu
- สตูว์Thai
- 炖Chinese
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