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. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] As burning [AE]tna from his boiling stew Doth belch out flames. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] The Lydians were inhibited by Cyrus to use any armor, and give themselves to baths and stews. --Abp. Abbot. [1913 Webster] 2. A brothel; -- usually in the plural. --Bacon. South. [1913 Webster] There be that hate harlots, and never were at the stews. --Aschman. [1913 Webster] 3. A prostitute. [Obs.] --Sir A. Weldon. [1913 Webster] 4. A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons. [1913 Webster] 5. A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. An artificial bed of oysters. [Local, U.S.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]