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STEW

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("stew" is a kind of...):

dish (a particular item of prepared food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stew"):

slumgullion (a thin stew of meat and vegetables)

pot-au-feu (traditional French stew of vegetables and beef)

ratatouille (a vegetable stew; usually made with tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, peppers, onion, and seasonings)

ragout (well-seasoned stew of meat and vegetables)

beef stew (a stew made with beef)

fricassee (pieces of chicken or other meat stewed in gravy with e.g. carrots and onions and served with noodles or dumplings)

fish stew (a stew made with fish)

lobscouse; lobscuse; scouse (a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors)

lobster stew (diced lobster meat in milk or cream)

oyster stew (oysters in cream)

Irish stew (meat (especially mutton) stewed with potatoes and onions)

hot pot; hotpot (a stew of meat and potatoes cooked in a tightly covered pot)

hotchpotch (a stew (or thick soup) made with meat and vegetables)

goulash; gulyas; Hungarian goulash (a rich meat stew highly seasoned with paprika)

chicken purloo; poilu; purloo (thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; southern U.S.)

Irish burgoo; mulligan; mulligan stew (Irish version of burgoo)

olla podrida; Spanish burgoo (Spanish version of burgoo)

burgoo (thick spicy stew of whatever meat and whatever vegetables are available; southern United States)

Brunswick stew (spicy southern specialty: chicken (or small game) with corn and tomatoes and lima beans and okra and onions and potatoes)

bigos (a Polish stew of cabbage and meat)

pottage (a stew of vegetables and (sometimes) meat)

Derivation:

stew (cook slowly and for a long time in liquid)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Agitation resulting from active worry

Example:

he's in a sweat about exams

Synonyms:

fret; lather; stew; sweat; swither

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("stew" is a kind of...):

agitation (a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance)

Derivation:

stew (be in a huff; be silent or sullen)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cook slowly and for a long time in liquid

Example:

Stew the vegetables in wine

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "stew" is one way to...):

cook (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stew"):

jug (stew in an earthenware jug)

Sentence frames:

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Sentence example:

The chefs stew the vegetables

Derivation:

stew (food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables)

stewing (cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings

Synonyms:

grudge; stew

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "stew" is one way to...):

resent (feel bitter or indignant about)

Sentence frames:

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Somebody ----s PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be in a huff; be silent or sullen

Synonyms:

brood; grizzle; stew

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "stew" is one way to...):

brood; pout; sulk (be in a huff and display one's displeasure)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

stew (agitation resulting from active worry)

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