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11stew in (your) own juices — stew in (your) own juice/juices informal if you leave someone to stew in their own juice, you leave them to worry about something bad that has happened or something stupid they have done. She ll calm down just leave her to stew in her own juices… …
12stew — [n1] mixture, miscellany brew, goulash*, hash, jumble, medley, mélange, mishmash, mulligan*, olio*, pasticcio*, pie*, potpourri, salmagundi*, soup; concepts 432,457,460,461 Ant. element stew [n2] commotion; mental upset agitation, confusion,… …
13stew — ► NOUN 1) a dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan. 2) informal a state of anxiety or agitation. 3) archaic a public steam bath. 4) archaic a brothel. ► VERB 1) cook slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan.… …
14stew — stew1 [sto͞o, styo͞o] vt. [ME stuen < MFr estuver, to stew, bathe < VL * extufare < L ex, out + Gr typhos, steam, smoke < IE * dheubh < base * dheu , blow, be turbid > DULL] to cook by simmering or boiling slowly for a long time …
15Stew — Stew, v. i. To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture. [1913 Webster] …
16Stew — Stew, n. [Cf. {Stow}.] 1. A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer. Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 2. An artificial bed of oysters. [Local, U.S.] [1913 Webster] …
17stew in your own juices — If you leave someone to stew in their own juices, you leave them to worry about the consequences of what they have done wrong or badly …
18stew in one's own juice — ► stew in one s own juice informal be left to suffer the consequences of one s own actions. Main Entry: ↑stew …
19stew-can — stewˈ can noun (naval sl) A destroyer • • • Main Entry: ↑stew …
20Stew Thornley — (born July 23 1955 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an author of books on sports history, particularly in his home state. His books include histories of the Minneapolis Millers minor league baseball team, the Minneapolis Lakers major league… …
