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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Stew (0.00837 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Stew.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: stew
stew
n 1: agitation resulting from active worry;
“don't get in a
stew”;
“he's in a sweat about exams” [syn:
fret,
sweat,
lather,
swither]
2: food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with
vegetables
stew
v 1: be in a huff; be silent or sullen [syn:
grizzle,
brood]
2: bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings [syn:
grudge]
3: cook slowly and for a long time in liquid;
“Stew the
vegetables in wine”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Stew
Stew
\Stew\, v. i.
To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat
and moisture.
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Stew
\Stew\, n. [OE. stue, stuwe, OF. estuve. See
Stew, v. t.]
1. A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes
are furnished; a hothouse. [Obs.]
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As burning [AE]tna from his boiling stew
Doth belch out flames. --Spenser.
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The Lydians were inhibited by Cyrus to use any
armor, and give themselves to baths and stews.
--Abp. Abbot.
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2. A brothel; -- usually in the plural. --Bacon. South.
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There be that hate harlots, and never were at the
stews. --Aschman.
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3. A prostitute. [Obs.] --Sir A. Weldon.
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4. A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons.
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5. A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry;
confusion; as, to be in a stew. [Colloq.]
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Stew
\Stew\, n. [Cf.
Stow.]
1. A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a
vivarium. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Chaucer. Evelyn.
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2. An artificial bed of oysters. [Local, U.S.]
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Stew
\Stew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Stewed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stewing.] [OE. stuven, OF. estuver, F. ['e]tuver, fr. OF.
estuve, F. ['e]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.]
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.
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