Stew - English meaning

adjective

Feeling or appearing troubled or nervous.

Usage examples:

There's no point getting agitated

verb

Make (someone) troubled or nervous.

Usage examples:

The thought of questioning toby agitated him extremely

adjective

Nervous because of worry or fear that is difficult to control

Usage examples:

Gordon became visibly agitated when asked about the minimum wage issue., many times the private hos…

adjective

Feeling or showing worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome.

Usage examples:

She was extremely anxious about her exams

adjective

Wanting very much for something to happen; eager

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] i’ve been anxious to meet you., [ + to infinitive ] it was getting late, and i …

adjective

Worried and nervous

Usage examples:

My mother always gets a bit anxious if we don't arrive when we say we will., i saw my sister's anxi…

verb

Cook (food) by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven.

Usage examples:

They bake their own bread and cakes

noun

A dish consisting of a mixture of ingredients cooked in an oven.

Usage examples:

A vegetable bake

noun

A person's mouth.

Usage examples:

Shut your bake!

verb

(with reference to a liquid) reach or cause to reach the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour.

Usage examples:

We asked people to boil their drinking water

noun

The temperature at which a liquid bubbles and turns to vapour.

Usage examples:

Bring the sauce to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes

noun

An inflamed pus-filled swelling on the skin, caused typically by the infection of a hair follicle.

Usage examples:

You can use them to treat sores, bruises, cuts, boils and inflammatory skin conditions.

verb

Fry (food) lightly and then stew it slowly in a closed container.

Usage examples:

I braised the beef and vegetables the day before

verb

To cook food slowly in a covered dish in a little fat and liquid

Usage examples:

Braised celery, braise the lamb in wine.

noun

A kind of stew that is cooked slowly in an oven.

Usage examples:

A chicken casserole

verb

Cook (food) slowly in a casserole.

Usage examples:

I ordered guinea fowl casseroled in red wine

noun

Large deep dish in which food can be cooked and served

adjective

Agitated or confused.

Usage examples:

A flustered commuter

verb

Make (someone) agitated or confused.

Usage examples:

There's nothing you can do or say to fluster bernie

adjective

Upset and confused

Usage examples:

She seemed a little flustered., if i look flustered it's because i'm trying to do so many things at…

noun

A dish of stewed or fried pieces of meat served in a thick white sauce.

Usage examples:

They were put into spiced cream sauces or made into fricassées.

verb

Make a fricassee of (meat).

noun

A dish made of pieces of meat, especially chicken or veal (= meat from young cows) cooked and served in a white sauce

idiom

To become nervous and upset

Usage examples:

She got into a real state before her driving test.

noun

A cylindrical container with a handle and a lip, used for holding and pouring liquids.

Usage examples:

Place the lavender flowers in a wide jug and pour the cream over them.

verb

Stew or boil (a hare or rabbit) in a covered container.

Usage examples:

I remember still the rich, dense jugged hare i ate then, served from its own shining copper pot; 25…

noun

A large bottle with a narrow mouth

adjective

Easily agitated or alarmed.

Usage examples:

A sensitive, nervous person

adjective

In a state of nervous excitement or anxiety.

Usage examples:

She was too overwrought to listen to reason

verb

Give out sweat through the pores of the skin as a result of heat, physical exertion, or stress.

Usage examples:

Will was perspiring heavily

verb

To excrete a salty, colorless liquid through the skin which cools the body; sweat

Usage examples:

Beads of perspiration glistened on his forehead.

verb

Cook (food, especially meat) by prolonged exposure to heat in an oven or over a fire.

Usage examples:

She was going to roast a leg of mutton for sunday dinner

adjective

(of food) having been roasted.

Usage examples:

A plate of cold roast beef

noun

A joint of meat that has been roasted or that is intended for roasting.

Usage examples:

Carving the sunday roast

verb

(of a liquid) boil or be turbulent as if boiling.

Usage examples:

The grey ocean seethed

verb

To feel very angry

Usage examples:

She was still seething, remembering how rudely she was treated.

verb

(of water or food that is being heated) stay just below boiling point while bubbling gently.

Usage examples:

The goulash was simmering slowly in the oven

noun

A state or temperature just below boiling point.

Usage examples:

Bring the water to a simmer

verb

To cook a liquid or something with liquid in it at a temperature slightly below boiling

Usage examples:

[ i ] add broth and simmer for 15 minutes., bring the water to a simmer.

noun

Moisture exuded through the pores of the skin, typically in profuse quantities as a reaction to heat, physical exertion, fever, or fear.

Usage examples:

Beads of sweat broke out on her brow

verb

Another term for sweatsuit or sweatpants.

verb

To excrete a salty, colorless liquid through the skin, esp. when you are hot or frightened

Usage examples:

He was sweating profusely., the soda cans sweat in this humidity., we have to sweat about money bec…

verb

Be uncomfortably hot.

Usage examples:

Barney sweltered in his doorman's uniform

noun

An uncomfortably hot atmosphere.

Usage examples:

The swelter of the afternoon had cooled