<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to cook (food) by simmering or slow boiling.</li><li>to undergo cooking by simmering or slow boiling.</li><li>Informal: to fret, worry, or fuss: He stewed about his chaotic state of affairs all day.</li><li>to feel uncomfortable due to a hot, humid, stuffy atmosphere, as in a closed room; swelter.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a preparation of meat, fish, or other food cooked by stewing, especially a mixture of meat and vegetables.</li><li>Informal: a state of agitation, uneasiness, or worry.</li><li>a brothel; whorehouse.</li><li>stews, a neighborhood occupied chiefly by brothels.</li><li>Obsolete: a vessel for boiling or stewing.</li></ul>