stew

  • 31stew — [14] The cooking sense of stew is a secondary development, first recorded in English in the 15th century. It originally denoted ‘take a steam bath’. It came via Old French estuver from Vulgar Latin *extūfāre. This was a compound verb formed from… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 32stew — stew1 noun 1》 a dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan. 2》 informal a state of anxiety or agitation. 3》 archaic a public room used for hot steam baths.     ↘a brothel. verb 1》 cook or be cooked slowly in… …

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  • 33stew — [stjuː] noun [C/U] I a dish made by cooking vegetables, and usually meat or fish, slowly in a liquid II verb [T] stew [stjuː] to cook something slowly in a liquid …

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  • 34stew — [14] The cooking sense of stew is a secondary development, first recorded in English in the 15th century. It originally denoted ‘take a steam bath’. It came via Old French estuver from Vulgar Latin *extūfāre. This was a compound verb formed from… …

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  • 35Stew Leonard's — Type Private Industry Grocery store Founded In 1969 in N …

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  • 36Stew-Roids — Episodio de Padre de familia Título Stew Roids (España) Stewieroides (Latinoamérica) Episodio nº 13 Temporada 7 Escrito por Alec Sul …

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  • 37stew in your own juice/juices — see ↑stew, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑juice stew in your own juice/juices informal : to worry and suffer because of something that you did Let him stew in his own juices for a while. • • • Main Entry: ↑stew …

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  • 38stew in one's own juice — {v. phr.}, {informal} To suffer from something that you have caused to happen yourself. * /John lied to Tom, but Tom found out. Now Tom is making John stew in his own juice./ * /I warned you not to steal those apples. You got caught, and you can… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 39stew in one's own juice — {v. phr.}, {informal} To suffer from something that you have caused to happen yourself. * /John lied to Tom, but Tom found out. Now Tom is making John stew in his own juice./ * /I warned you not to steal those apples. You got caught, and you can… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 40stew in (your) own juice — stew in (your) own juice/juices informal if you leave someone to stew in their own juice, you leave them to worry about something bad that has happened or something stupid they have done. She ll calm down just leave her to stew in her own juices… …

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