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What does stew mean?

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Noun
  1. (obsolete) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron. [14th-17th c.]
  2. (now historical) A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath. [from 14th c.]
  3. (archaic) A brothel. [from 14th c.]
  4. (uncountable, countable) A dish cooked by stewing. [from 18th c.]
  5. (Sussex) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating; a stew pond.
  6. (US, regional) An artificial bed of oysters.
  7. (slang) A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.
Verb
  1. (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
  2. (transitive) To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
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