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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.