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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stew  \Stew\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Stewed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Stewing}.]  [OE.  stuven,  OF  estuver  F.  ['e]tuver,  fr  OF 
  estuve,  F.  ['e]tuve,  a  sweating  house,  a  room  heated  for  a 
  bath;  probably  of  Teutonic  origin,  and  akin  to  E.  stove.  See 
  {Stove},  and  cf  {Stive}  to  stew.] 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stewing 
  n  1:  an  extreme  state  of  worry  and  agitation;  "his  stewing  over 
  the  fight  kept  him  awake  most  of  the  night" 
  2:  cooking  in  a  boiling  liquid  [syn:  {boiling},  {simmering}]




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