stew: significato e definizioni

To undergo cooking by boiling slowly or simmering.

Informal To suffer with oppressive heat or stuffy confinement; swelter.

Informal To be in a state of anxiety or agitation. See Synonyms at boil1.

A dish cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat or fish and vegetables with stock. A mixture likened to this dish.

Informal Mental agitation: in a stew over the lost keys.

often Archaic A brothel.