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1. Agitation resulting from active worry
   "don't get in a stew";
   - fret, sweat, lather, swither
    
2. Food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables

1. Be in a huff; be silent or sullen
   - grizzle, brood
    
2. Bear a grudge; harbour ill feelings
   - grudge
    
3. (cooking) cook slowly and for a long time in liquid
   "Stew the vegetables in wine"
    
4. Suffer from intense heat
   - swelter
    
5. Be agitated or irritated
   "don't stew over these small details";
   - fret
    
6. [Brit] Brew tea for too long, so that the flavour is too strong

Derived forms: stews, stewing, stewed

Type of: agitation, brood, cook, dish, perspire, pout, resent, sudate, sulk, sweat, worry

Encyclopedia: Stew