to cook (food) by simmering or slow boiling.

to undergo cooking by simmering or slow boiling.

Informal . to fret, worry, or fuss

He stewed about his chaotic state of affairs all day.

to feel uncomfortable due to a hot, humid, stuffy atmosphere, as in a closed room; swelter.

a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, esp. a mixture of meat and vegetables.

Informal . a state of agitation, uneasiness, or worry.

a brothel; whorehouse.

stews, a neighborhood occupied chiefly by brothels.

Obsolete . a vessel for boiling or stewing. ?

stew in one's own juice

to suffer the consequences of one's own actions.

noun

element , calm , control , ease , happiness

verb

not care

noun

brew , goulash * , hash , jumble , medley , mlange , mishmash , mulligan , olio * , pasticcio , pie * , potpourri , salmagundi * , soup , agitation , confusion , dither , flap , fretting , fuming , fuss , lather , pother , snit , sweat , tizzy , tumult , turbulence , turmoil , worry , fluster , flutter , perturbation , upset , (colloq.) confusion , burgoo , goulash , mixture , olla podrida , ragout , swivet

verb

boil , chafe , cook , fret , fume , fuss , pother , seethe , simmer , parboil , cark , dwell , mope , worry , anger , brew , brood , commotion , confusion , dither , excitement , goulash , hash , hodgepodge , hotchpotch , mess , miscellany , mishmash , olio , olla , snit , soup , sweat , swelter , tizzy , turmoil