stew
[noun]
Synonyms: brothel, bagnio, bawdy house, bordello, cathouse, hookshop, joyhouse, seraglio, sporting house, whorehouse, red-light district, levee, tenderloin, slum, miscellany, brew, hash, jumble, medley, mélange, mishmash, olio, pasticcio, potpourri, snit, fume, sweat, swivet, tizzy, commotion, agitation, confusion, dither, flap, lather, pother, tumult, turbulence, turmoil
[verb]
Synonyms: boil, parboil, seethe, simmer, worry, cark, fret, fuss, pother, tew

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Related Idioms: be in a stew
Related Words: boil

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. stew¹ /stjuː $ stuː/ noun
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: estuve 'cooking pot, heated room', from Vulgar Latin extufa; ⇒ stove¹]

1. [uncountable and countable] a hot meal made by cooking meat and vegetables slowly in liquid for a long time Synonym : casserole:
a pot of stew
beef stew

2. in a stew informal confused or worried about a difficult situation you are in

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. stew² verb

1. [transitive] to cook something slowly in liquid:
stewed apples

2. let somebody stew informal (also let somebody stew in their own juice) to leave someone to suffer the unpleasant results of their own actions instead of helping them:
Let him stew – I'm not going to help him.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

stew
̈ɪstju:
A project is likely to go bad if managed by a multiplicity of primary movers. - A proverb.
When several people acted all at once in trying to reshape the company's investment policy, Tom spoke up and said, "Let me do this by myself! Don't you know that too many cooks spoil the broth?"/

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲