Thesaurus: stew

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1. n. A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.
2. n. An artificial bed of oysters.
3. 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.
4. v. i. To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.
5. v. t. A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse.
6. v. t. A brothel; -- usually in the plural.
7. v. t. A prostitute.
8. v. t. A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons.
9. v. t. A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew.
10. n. agitation resulting from active worry
11. n. food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables
12. v. be in a huff; be silent or sullen