stew

noun

combination of solid food ingredients that have been cooked in liquid and served in the resultant gravy

Pronunciation: /stu/ / /stʃʉː/ / /stjuː/ / /stʃuː/

Etymology: Clipping of steward or stewardess.

A steward or stewardess on an airplane or boat.
“It is our considered and combined judgement that Germans and actors share honors for being the cheapest dates a stew can accept.”
“And then, working as a stew for American Airlines, Mo met another older man[…].”

Etymology: From Middle English stewen, stuwen, from the noun above; and also from Middle English stiven, styven (“to bathe, cook, stew”).

To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
“I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole.”
“The meat is stewing nicely.”
To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
“It was an honest letter, written by an honest man, then stewing in the Plains on two hundred rupees a month (for he allowed his wife eight hundred and fifty), and in a silk banian and cotton trousers.”
To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.