stew

  • 21stew — stew1 [ stu ] noun count or uncount a dish made by cooking vegetables, and usually meat or fish, slowly in liquid: ladling out the lamb stew in a stew INFORMAL very nervous, worried, or confused about something stew stew 2 [ stu ] verb… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 22stew — 1 noun 1 (C) a cooked dish, made of meat and vegetables that are cooked slowly together in liquid: beef stew 2 in a stew informal to be confused or anxious, especially because you are in a difficult situation: You re in a real stew about this… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23stew — 1. noun 1) we ate a hearty stew Syn: ragout, casserole, fricasse 2) informal she s in a stew about that parking ticket Syn: mood, flap, panic, fluster, fret, fuss, sweat, lather …

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  • 24stew —   Kupa, kū.    ♦ Chicken stew, moa kū.    ♦ Beef stew, pipi kū.    ♦ To mix or stew with sauce or gravy, kākele …

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  • 25stew — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Stew is used after these nouns: ↑beef, ↑fish, ↑lamb, ↑meat, ↑seafood, ↑vegetables {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Stew is used with these nouns as the object: ↑beef, ↑meat …

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  • 26stew — n. beef; Irish; mulligan; veal stew * * * [stjuː] Irish mulligan veal stew beef …

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  • 27stew — [[t]stu, styu[/t]] v. t. 1) coo to cook (food) by simmering or slow boiling 2) coo to undergo cooking by simmering or slow boiling 3) inf to fret, worry, or fuss 4) coo a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, esp. a mixture… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 28stew — /stju / (say styooh) verb (t) 1. to cook (food) by simmering or slow boiling. –verb (i) 2. to undergo cooking by simmering or slow boiling. 3. Colloquial to fret, worry, or fuss. –noun 4. a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by… …

  • 29stew — 1. v. & n. v. 1 tr. & intr. cook by long simmering in a closed vessel with liquid. 2 intr. colloq. be oppressed by heat or humidity, esp. in a confined space. 3 intr. colloq. a suffer prolonged embarrassment, anxiety, etc. b (foll. by over) fret… …

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  • 30stew — steward [ stiwart ] n. m. • 1833 « majordome »; mot angl. 1 ♦ Maître d hôtel ou garçon de service à bord d un paquebot. 2 ♦ Cour. Membre masculin du personnel de cabine d un avion, chargé du service des passagers. Le steward et l hôtesse. Abrév.… …

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