Stew

Noun

 * 1)  A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
 * 2)  A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
 * 3) * 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XI:
 * Sir Launcelot wente into the chambir, that was as hote as ony styew.
 * 1)  A brothel.
 * 2) * 1681, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel
 * And rak'd, for converts, even the court and stews.
 * 1) * 1835, Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Sir James Mackintosh"
 * Because he was chaste, the precinct of his temple is filled with licensed stews.
 * 1) * 1977, Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society 2006, p. 37:
 * Although whores were permitted to sit at the door of the stew, they could not solicit in any way nor ‘chide or throw stones’ at passers-by.
 * 1) A dish cooked by stewing.
 * 2) * 1870, Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Wordsworth Classics 1998, p. 367:
 * I noticed then that there was nothing to drink on the table but brandy, and nothing to eat but salted herrings, and a hot, sickly, highly peppered stew.
 * 1)  A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.

Synonyms

 * casserole, hotpot

Coordinate terms

 * casserole
 * cassoulet
 * goulash
 * ragout

Derived terms

 * in a stew
 * stewpot

Verb

 * 1)  To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
 * 2)  To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
 * 3)  To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
 * 4)  To be in a state of elevated anxiety or consideration.

Synonyms

 * bake, boil, sweat, swelter
 * brood, fret, sweat, worry

Noun

 * 1) A steward or stewardess on an airplane.
 * 2) * 1975 November 3, Mordecai Richler, "The Perils of Maureen", New York, volume 8, number 44, page 8 :
 * And then, working as a stew for American Airlines, Mo met another older man.
 * 1) * 1991, Tom Clancy, The Sum of All Fears, 1992 edition, ISBN 0425184226, page 480 :
 * "We want to know what he's going to be saying on his airplane."
 * "I don't have the legs to dress up as a stew, doc. Besides, I never learned to do the tea ceremony, either."
 * 1) * 1992 January, Skip Hollandsworth, "Doing the Hustle", Texas Monthly, ISSN 0148-7736, volume 20, issue 1, page 52 :
 * Dallas was also becoming known as a "stew zoo" because so many flight attendants were relocating there to work for Southwest, Braniff, and American Airlines.

Adjectives for Stew
hot; sickly; peppered; savory-looking; terrible.

Verbs for Stew
bolt—; brew—; compound—; concoct—; dispatch—; fare on—; gulp—; prepare—; relish—; savor—; season—; sniff—; swill—; —blisters; —quells; —satiates; —seethes; —simmers; —slakes; —whets.

Thesaurus
B-girl, Cyprian, Irish stew, Paphian, ado, agitation, agonize, all sorts, all-overs, angst, anxiety, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious concern, anxious seat, anxiousness, apply the mind, apprehension, apprehensiveness, assemblage, assortment, baffle, bafflement, bagnio, bake, barbecue, baste, bawdy house, bawdyhouse, be in heat, be livid, be pissed, befuddlement, bewilderment, bind, blanch, blaze, bloom, bluster, boil, booze up, boozehound, boozify, bordello, bother, botheration, bottle sucker, bouillabaisse, braise, breathless impatience, brew, broad spectrum, broil, brothel, brown, bum, burn, burn to, burst, bustle, call girl, cankerworm of care, care, carry on, cathouse, chafe, chafing, chaos, choke, chowder, churn, clip joint, cloud, clutch, coddle, combust, commotion, complication, concern, concernment, confoundment, confusion, conglomeration, cook, crib, crock, crunch, curry, daughter of joy, daze, den, den of thieves, den of vice, devil, dilemma, discombobulation, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertedness, disconcertion, disconcertment, disorder, disorderly house, disorganization, disorientation, disquiet, disquietude, distill, distress, disturbance, dither, dive, do, do to perfection, dread, dudgeon, dump, eagerness, elbow bender, embarrassing position, embarrassment, enigma, erring sister, etuvee, excitement, fallen woman, fear, feery-fary, ferment, fidgetiness, fille de joie, fine how-do-you-do, fire, fit, fix, flame, flame up, flap, flare, flare up, fleshpots, flicker, flummox, flurry, flush, fluster, flusteration, flustration, flutter, flutteriness, foam, fog, foofaraw, foreboding, forebodingness, frenzy, fret, fret and fume, fretfulness, fretting, fricassee, frizz, frizzle, fry, fuddle, fuddlement, fume, fuss, fussiness, gallimaufry, gasp, get excited, ginhound, glow, go on, goulash, griddle, grill, gyp joint, hammer at, hammer away at, hardly wait, harlot, hash, haste, hasten, have a conniption, haze, heat, hell to pay, high dudgeon, hobble, hodgepodge, hole, hooch hound, hooker, hot water, hotchpot, hotchpotch, house of assignation, house of joy, house of prostitution, how-do-you-do, hubbub, huff, hullabaloo, hustler, imbroglio, impatience, impatientness, impetuousness, incandesce, inquietude, itch to, jam, joint, jumble, jump the gun, lair, lather, lush, lusher, maelstrom, magpie, malaise, mash, maze, meat stew, medley, melange, meretrix, mess, miff, mingle-mangle, miscellany, misgiving, mishmash, mist, mix, mixed bag, mixture, morass, muddle, muddlement, mulligan, mulligan stew, mystery, nervous strain, nervous tension, nervousness, nonplus, odds and ends, olio, olla, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, oven-bake, overanxiety, overtake, oyster stew, paella, painted woman, pan, pan-broil, panel den, panel house, pant, parboil, parch, parlous straits, pass, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, perplexity, perturbation, pet, pickle, pinch, pins and needles, pique, pissed off, plaster, plight, poach, pollute, pother, potpourri, poule, predicament, prepare, prepare food, pretty pass, pretty pickle, pretty predicament, problem, prostitute, pucker, puzzle, puzzle over, puzzlement, quagmire, quandary, quicksand, radiate heat, rage, ragout, raise Cain, raise hell, raise the devil, raise the roof, rant, rant and rave, rave, red-light district, restiveness, restlessness, riddle, roast, ruffle, rum hound, rummy, salad, salmagundi, sauce, saute, scald, scallop, scarlet woman, scorch, scramble, scrape, sear, seethe, seraglio, shimmer with heat, shirr, shuffle, simmer, sink of iniquity, sizzle, slough, smoke, smolder, smother, smoulder, soak, solicitude, souse, spark, spasm, sponge, sporting, sporting house, spot, spurt, squeeze, squirm, state, steam, stew over, stews, sticky wicket, stifle, stir, stir-fry, stone, storm, strain, strait, straits, streetwalker, suffocate, suspense, swack, swamp, sweat, sweat and stew, sweat it out, swelter, swillbelly, swillbowl, swillpot, swirl, swivet, take on, tenderloin, tense readiness, tension, think hard, throw a fit, tiff, tight spot, tight squeeze, tightrope, tipsify, tizzy, to-do, toast, tricky spot, trouble, tumult, turmoil, twitter, twitteration, unassuredness, uneasiness, unfortunate woman, unholy mess, unpatientness, unquiet, unquietness, unsettlement, upset, vexation, vortex, wait impatiently, what you will, whirl, white slave, whore, whorehouse, wino, worry, zeal

Etymology 1
estuve (modern French étuve:), from stupha:, perhaps ultimately from  τῦφος:.

Noun

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 * Italian: stare sui carboni ardenti,
 * Macedonian: врие

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 * west, West
 * wets