Meaning of "stew" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STEW

Stuen to take a very hot bath, from Old French estuver, from Vulgar Latin extūfāre (unattested), from ex-1 + (unattested) tūfus vapour, from Greek tuphos.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF STEW

stjuː

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STEW

Stew is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb stew in English.

WHAT DOES STEW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Stew

A stew is a combination of solid food ingredients that have been cooked in liquid and served in the resultant gravy. Ingredients in a stew can include any combination of vegetables, meat, especially tougher meats suitable for slow-cooking, such as beef. Poultry, sausages, and seafood are also used. While water can be used as the stew-cooking liquid, wine, stock, and beer are also common. Seasoning and flavourings may also be added. Stews are typically cooked at a relatively low temperature, allowing flavors to mingle. Stewing is suitable for the least tender cuts of meat that become tender and juicy with the slow moist heat method. This makes it popular in low-cost cooking. Cuts having a certain amount of marbling and gelatinous connective tissue give moist, juicy stews, while lean meat may easily become dry. Stews may be thickened by reduction or with flour, either by coating pieces of meat with flour before searing, or by using a roux or beurre manié, a dough consisting of equal parts of butter and flour. Thickeners like cornstarch or arrowroot may also be used. Stews are similar to soups, and in some cases there may not be a clear distinction between the two.

Definition of stew in the English dictionary

The first definition of stew in the dictionary is a dish of meat, fish, or other food, cooked by stewing. Other definition of stew is a difficult or worrying situation or a troubled state. Stew is also a heterogeneous mixture.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO STEW

PRESENT

Present

I stew

you stew

he/she/it stews

we stew

you stew

they stew

Present continuous

I am stewing

you are stewing

he/she/it is stewing

we are stewing

you are stewing

they are stewing

Present perfect

I have stewed

you have stewed

he/she/it has stewed

we have stewed

you have stewed

they have stewed

Present perfect continuous

I have been stewing

you have been stewing

he/she/it has been stewing

we have been stewing

you have been stewing

they have been stewing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I stewed

you stewed

he/she/it stewed

we stewed

you stewed

they stewed

Past continuous

I was stewing

you were stewing

he/she/it was stewing

we were stewing

you were stewing

they were stewing

Past perfect

I had stewed

you had stewed

he/she/it had stewed

we had stewed

you had stewed

they had stewed

Past perfect continuous

I had been stewing

you had been stewing

he/she/it had been stewing

we had been stewing

you had been stewing

they had been stewing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will stew

you will stew

he/she/it will stew

we will stew

you will stew

they will stew

Future continuous

I will be stewing

you will be stewing

he/she/it will be stewing

we will be stewing

you will be stewing

they will be stewing

Future perfect

I will have stewed

you will have stewed

he/she/it will have stewed

we will have stewed

you will have stewed

they will have stewed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been stewing

you will have been stewing

he/she/it will have been stewing

we will have been stewing

you will have been stewing

they will have been stewing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would stew

you would stew

he/she/it would stew

we would stew

you would stew

they would stew

Conditional continuous

I would be stewing

you would be stewing

he/she/it would be stewing

we would be stewing

you would be stewing

they would be stewing

Conditional perfect

I would have stew

you would have stew

he/she/it would have stew

we would have stew

you would have stew

they would have stew

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been stewing

you would have been stewing

he/she/it would have been stewing

we would have been stewing

you would have been stewing

they would have been stewing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you stew
we let´s stew
you stew

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to stew

Past participle

stewed

Present Participle

stewing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «STEW»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «stew» and belong to the same grammatical category.

agonize · blend · boil · braise · brood · casserole · fret · goulash · hash · hodgepodge · hotchpotch · medley · miscellany · mix · mixture · obsess · olio · olla · olla podrida · potpourri · ragout · simmer · suffer · worry

TRANSLATION OF STEW

Find out the translation of stew to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of stew from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stew» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 炖肉
• Translator English - Spanish: estofado
• English: stew
• Translator English - Hindi: स्टू
• Translator English - Arabic: طَعَامٌ مَطْهْوٌ بِالغَليّ
• Translator English - Russian: рагу
• Translator English - Portuguese: guisado
• Translator English - Bengali: ভাপে সিদ্ধ করা
• Translator English - French: mijoter
• Translator English - Malay: Rebus
• Translator English - German: Eintopf
• Translator English - Japanese: シチュー
• Translator English - Korean: 스튜
• Translator English - Javanese: Godhok
• Translator English - Vietnamese: món hầm
• Translator English - Tamil: குண்டு
• Translator English - Marathi: स्टू
• Translator English - Turkish: Güveç
• Translator English - Italian: stufato
• Translator English - Polish: mięso duszone
• Translator English - Ukrainian: печеня
• Translator English - Romanian: tocană
• Translator English - Greek: στιφάδο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: bredie
• Translator English - Swedish: gryta
• Translator English - Norwegian: stuing

10 QUOTES WITH «STEW»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word stew.

1

Ray Stannard Baker

Talk of joy: there may be things better than beef stew and baked potatoes and home-made bread - there may be.

2

John Barrymore

I would like to find a stew that will give me heartburn immediately, instead of at three o clock in the morning.

3

Eve Best

I am so longing to be domestic,, cooking stew, gardening, hopefully having some children, painting, sitting still in one place.

4

Nadia Giosia

Dinner is often a stew of beans or legumes, which are awesome for dieting; they give you that meaty satisfaction and both are excellent with whole grain rice or bread.

5

Philip Glass

I travel the world, and I'm happy to say that America is still the great melting pot - maybe a chunky stew rather than a melting pot at this point, but you know what I mean.

6

Marjorie Gubelmann

I don't think people should be fed mesclun salad and chicken breast. My grandmother would serve grits and oxtail stew at a formal dinner, and if you didn't like it, well then you ate more beans or you went home and ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

7

Groucho Marx

Well, Art is Art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now you tell me what you know.

8

Andrea Mitchell

When it came to political power, blacks need not apply. Add to this steaming stew the growing tensions over the Vietnam War and the movement for civil rights, and you had plenty of elements to fire the imagination of a novice journalist.

9

Deborah Moggach

I hate fussing about in the kitchen when I have people over to supper, so I make a rich beef stew cooked in wine with carrots, sundried tomato paste and chopped chorizo sausage.

10

Allison Pearson

When you have kids, there's a tendency to put the marriage stew on the back burner and give it a quick stir now and then. But it's important to remember why you had children with this person.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STEW»

Discover the use of stew in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stew and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth

A rhyming recipe explains how to make the dark, crumbly, rich, earth-friendly food called compost while collage illustrations made with recycled and found materials echo the eco-friendly message. By the author of Millions of Snowflakes.

Mary McKenna Siddals, 2010

Snot Stew

Brother and sister cats are taken in by a family and learn the pleasures and dangers of living alongside humans.

Bill Wallace, 2008

Stew!: 100 Splendidly Simple Recipes

Stew! is a collection of 100 splendidly simple recipes ranging from traditional and hearty classics such as 'Beef Stew with Herby Dumplings', 'Lancashire Hotpot' and 'Coq au Vin', to one-pot meals in a bowl that are perfect for a weekday ...

Genevieve Taylor, 2012

Wombat Stew

But all the other bush animals have a plan to save their friend. They trick the dingo into using mud, feathers, flies, bugs and gumnuts in his wombat stew, and the result is a stew the dingo will never forget!

Marcia K. Vaughan, 2014

Real Stew: 300 Recipes for Authentic Home-cooked Cassoulet, ...

Presents a collection of recipes for a variety of stews that are made with beef, veal, lamb, pork, fish, poultry, and vegetables.

Clifford A. Wright, 2002

Why Beethoven Threw the Stew: And Lots More Stories About ...

The lively black and white line illustrations provide a perfect accompaniment to the text, and make this book attractive and accessible for children to enjoy on their own or share with an adult.

Steven Isserlis, 2012

Storybook Stew: Cooking with Books Kids Love

Fifty recipes for different meals, each recipe accompanied by a summary of a featured book and a suggested activity.

Suzanne I. Barchers, Peter J. Rauen, 1996

Septuagenarian Stew

Septuagenarian Stew is a combination of poetry and stories written by Charles Bukowski that delve into the lives of different people on the backstreets of Los Angeles.

Charles Bukowski, 2009

Passing Strange

THE STORY: From singer-songwriter and performance artist Stew comes PASSING STRANGE, a daring musical that takes you on a journey across boundaries of place, identity and theatrical convention.

Stew, Stew Rodewald, Annie Dorsen, 2010

P.U. Stew

It's dinner time, and Max learns that his mom is serving beef stew, or P.U. Stew as he calls it. He decides he's not eating it, but can his mom change his mind? Chow down on P.U. Stew, a recipe for fun!

Mary Brittany Schmitz, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STEW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stew is used in the context of the following news items.

New law says bounty hunters can't dress like police officers

Peters, owner of Stew's Bail Bonds and U.S. Fugitive Recovery & Extradition, says he and his team play an important roll in capturing bail-jumpers and bringing ... «Rick Kupchella's BringMeTheNews, May 15»

Bit Stew Raises $17M to Expand Data-to-Insight for the Smart Grid

Bit Stew, the startup that has landed some big North American utility customers for its data integration and operations software platform, has raised a $17.2 ... «Greentech Media, May 15»

Bosnia claims second world's largest stew

Sarajevo (AFP) - A dozen Bosnian chefs claimed Friday they set a new record for the world's largest stew, outperforming their fellow countrymen's 2014 ... «Business Insider, Apr 15»

Utah State assistant Duryea will replace Morrill

Logan • As it turned out, Stew Morrill's replacement at Utah State has been sitting next to him for 14 years. The Salt Lake Tribune confirmed an earlier ESPN ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Mar 15»

Guinness Beef Stew and Bread and Butter Pudding recipes

Get your green on! From soda bread to beef stew we're cooking up some traditional Irish dishes in honour of St. Patrick's Day ... «CTV News, Mar 15»

Irish Stew

A stew by any other any other name would just be a stew. So what makes it Irish? Perhaps it is just the time of the month on St. Patrick's Day. The ingredients are ... «Channel 2 News, Mar 15»

Stew Morrill's Home Finale: Utah State vs. Colorado State

Smith Spectrum Arena in Logan, Utah will be electric tonight as the Utah State Aggies host the Colorado State Rams in Utah State's head coach Stew Morrill's ... «Mountain West Connection, Mar 15»

A Proper Stew for St. Patrick's Day

The epitome of comfort food, traditional Irish stew needs only a few ingredients: meat, onions and potatoes, with salt and pepper. In southern Ireland, carrots are ... «New York Times, Mar 15»

Recipe: Guinness lamb stew with walnut Irish soda bread dumplings

This Jan. 26, 2015 photo shows Guinness lamb stew with walnut Irish soda bread dumplings in Concord, N.H. Taking inspiration from classic Irish ingredients ... «Globalnews.ca, Feb 15»

Cop's seafood stew had a gem of an extra ingredient

When Swampscott, Mass., policeman Mike Serino sat down for a birthday dinner in nearby Peabody he didn't expect to find anything in his seafood stew. «CBS News, Feb 15»