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stew

(st/u/ )

agitation resulting from active worry(noun.state)

Example:
Don't get in a stew.

Synonym:
fret, lather, sweat, swither

source: wordnet30
food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables(noun.food)

source: wordnet30
A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.(noun)

source: webster1913
A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse.(noun)

source: webster1913

be in a huff; be silent or sullen(verb.emotion)

Synonym:
brood, grizzle

source: wordnet30
bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings(verb.emotion)

Synonym:
grudge

source: wordnet30
cook slowly and for a long time in liquid(verb.change)

Example:
Stew the vegetables in wine.

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.(verb)

source: webster1913

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