Definizione monolingua

stew

stew (third-person singular simple present stews, present participle stewing, simple past and past participle stewed)

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

stew (plural stews)

1. (obsolete) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron. [14th-17th c.]
2. (now historical) A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath. [from 14th c.]
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XI:

     Sir Launcelot wente into the chambir, that was as hote as ony styew.

3. (archaic) A brothel. [from 14th c.]
   • 1681, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel

     And rakd, for converts, even the court and stews.

   • 1835, Thomas Babington Macaulay, ""Sir James Mackintosh""

     Because he was chaste, the precinct of his temple is filled with licensed stews.

   • 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.

4. A dish cooked by stewing. [from 18th c.]
   • 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.

5. (Sussex) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.

Definizione dizionario stew

	stufato
	dish

	stufare
	to cook (food)

	boccheggiare
	to suffer under hot conditions

	cuocere
	to suffer under hot conditions

	preoccuparsi
	to be in a state of elevated anxiety

	soffocare
	to suffer under hot conditions

	stare sui carboni ardenti
	to be in a state of elevated anxiety

cibreo

cuocere in umido

ragù

spezzatino

stracotto

Altri significati:

(Sussex) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.

A steward or stewardess on an airplane.

(archaic) A brothel. [from 14th c.]

to brew (tea)

(now historical) A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath. [from 14th c.]

(to) double boil

(obsolete) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron. [14th-17th c.]

(intransitive, informal) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.

(intransitive, informal) To be in a state of elevated anxiety or consideration.

(transitive) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.

A dish cooked by stewing. [from 18th c.]

(transitive) To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.