1 [mass noun] a dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan:lamb stew [count noun]:add to casseroles, stews, and sauces
2 [in singular] informal a state of great anxiety or agitation:she’s in a right old stew
3 archaic a heated public room used for steam baths.
a brothel:the stews of Southwark
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Universal
1(with reference to meat, fruit, or other food) cook or be cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan: [with object]:beef stewed in wine
[no object]British (of tea) become strong and bitter with prolonged brewing.
2 [no object] informal remain in a heated or stifling atmosphere:sweaty clothes left to stew in a plastic bag
worry about something, especially on one’s own:James will be expecting us, so we will let him stew a bit
stew in one's own juice
informal be left to suffer the consequences of one’s own actions.
