| Stew: English to English |
| Stew (n.) A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium. |
| Stew (n.) An artificial bed of oysters. |
| Stew (v. i.) To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture. |
| Stew (v. t.) A brothel; -- usually in the plural. |
| Stew (v. t.) A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons. |
| Stew (v. t.) A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse. |
| Stew (v. t.) A prostitute. |
| Stew (v. t.) A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew. |
| Stew (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. |