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  • 41stew — stew1 [stju: US stu:] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: estuve cooking pot, heated room , from Vulgar Latin extufa; STOVE1] 1.) [U and C] a hot meal made by cooking meat and vegetables slowly in liquid for a long time = ↑casserole ▪ a pot …

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  • 42stew — stew1 [ stu ] noun count or uncount a dish made by cooking vegetables, and usually meat or fish, slowly in liquid: ladling out the lamb stew in a stew INFORMAL very nervous, worried, or confused about something stew stew 2 [ stu ] verb… …

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  • 43stew — 1 noun 1 (C) a cooked dish, made of meat and vegetables that are cooked slowly together in liquid: beef stew 2 in a stew informal to be confused or anxious, especially because you are in a difficult situation: You re in a real stew about this… …

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  • 44Stew Morrill — College coach infobox Name = Stew Morrill Sport = Basketball | ImageWidth = Caption = DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1952|7|25 Birthplace = flagicon|United States Provo, Utah DateOfDeath = Deathplace = College = Utah State Title = Head coach… …

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  • 45Stew McKinsey — Infobox musical artist Name = Stew McKinsey Img capt = Background = solo singer Birth name = Alias = Born = 1967 Died = Instrument = Bass guitar Genre = Jazz Experimental Funk Fusion Occupation = Musician Years active = 1980s,1990s,2000s Label =… …

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  • 46stew — 1. noun 1) we ate a hearty stew Syn: ragout, casserole, fricasse 2) informal she s in a stew about that parking ticket Syn: mood, flap, panic, fluster, fret, fuss, sweat, lather …

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  • 47stew —   Kupa, kū.    ♦ Chicken stew, moa kū.    ♦ Beef stew, pipi kū.    ♦ To mix or stew with sauce or gravy, kākele …

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  • 48Stew Lane —    South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 49, west of Queenhithe, opposite Bread Street Hill (P.O. Directory). In Queenhithe Ward.    First mention: S. 363.    There was a stew for women at Broken Wharf in the parish of St. Mary Somerset in the… …

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  • 49stew — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Stew is used after these nouns: ↑beef, ↑fish, ↑lamb, ↑meat, ↑seafood, ↑vegetables {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Stew is used with these nouns as the object: ↑beef, ↑meat …

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  • 50stew — n. beef; Irish; mulligan; veal stew * * * [stjuː] Irish mulligan veal stew beef …

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