Stew

A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.

An artificial bed of oysters.

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.

To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.

A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse.

A brothel; -- usually in the plural.

A prostitute.

A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons.

A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew.

agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams"

food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables