Meaning Of Stew

n.

A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.
n.

An artificial bed of oysters.
v. t.

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.
v. i.

To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.
v. t.

A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse.
v. t.

A brothel; -- usually in the plural.
v. t.

A prostitute.
v. t.

A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons.
v. t.

A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew.