different between seethe vs stew

English

Alternative forms

• seeth

Etymology

From Middle English sethen, from Old English s?oþan (“to seethe, boil, cook in a liquid; subject to a fiery ordeal, try as with fire; subject to great pain, afflict, afflict grievously, disturb; prepare food for the mind; subject the mind with occupations; be troubled in mind, brood”), from Proto-Germanic *seuþan? (“to seethe, boil”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?sewt-, *h?sut-, *h?sew- (“to move about, roil, seethe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si?ð/

• Rhymes: -i?ð

Verb

seethe (third-person singular simple present seethes, present participle seething, simple past seethed or (archaic) sod, past participle seethed or (archaic) sodden)

1. (transitive, archaic) To boil.
   • 1933, Herbert Danby, The Mishnah, p.289:

     When he had cooked or seethed the Peace-offering, the priest took the sodden shoulder of the ram and one unleavened cake out of the basket and one unleavened wafer and put them upon the hands of the Nazirite and waved them.

   • 1960, James Enge, Travellers' Rest:

     “Seethe some of that in Gar Vindisc's good water and bring it to us. Bread, too, as long as you don't make it from shellbacks.”

2. (intransitive, of a liquid) To boil vigorously.
3. (intransitive, of a liquid) To foam in an agitated manner, as if boiling.
4. (intransitive, of a person, figuratively) To be in an agitated or angry mental state, as if boiling.
5. (intransitive, of a place, figuratively) To buzz with activity.
   • 2011, Kate Kingsley, Kiss & Break Up (page 201)

     Shock Box was the skankiest bar in Hasted, complete with a cheesy jukebox, cheap pints, and a sweaty club in the basement that seethed every weekend with a superhorny boarding-school crowd.

Derived terms

• forseethe

Related terms

• suds

Translations

Anagrams

• sheete

English

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /st???/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /stju?/, /st?u?/
• (US) enPR: sto?o, IPA^(key): /stu/
• Rhymes: -u?
• Hyphenation: stew

Etymology 1

From Middle English stewe, stue, from Anglo-Norman estouve, Old French estuve (“bath, bathhouse”) (modern French étuve), from Medieval Latin stupha, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *extuf?re, from ex- + Ancient Greek ????? (tûphos, “smoke, steam”), from ???? (túph?, “to smoke”). See also Italian stufare, Portuguese estufar. Compare also Old English stuf-bæþ (“a hot-air bath, vapour bath”); see stove.

Noun

stew (usually uncountable, plural stews)

1. (obsolete) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron. [14^th-17^thc.]
2. (now historical) A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath. [from 14^thc.]
3. (archaic) A brothel. [from 14^thc.]
   • 1681, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel

     And rak'd, for converts, even the court and stews.

   • 1835, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Sir James Mackintosh

     Because he was chaste, the precinct of his temple is filled with licensed stews.

   • 1977, Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society, 2006, p.37:

     Although whores were permitted to sit at the door of the stew, they could not solicit in any way nor ‘chide or throw stones’ at passers-by.

4. (obsolete) A prostitute.
   • 1650, Anthony Weldon, The Court and Character of King James I

     But it was so plotted betwixt the Lady, her Husband, and Bristol, that instead of that beauty, he had a notorious Stew sent him, and surely his carriage there was so lascivious...

5. (uncountable, countable) A dish cooked by stewing. [from 18^thc.]
   • 1870, Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Wordsworth Classics, 1998, p.367:

     I noticed then that there was nothing to drink on the table but brandy, and nothing to eat but salted herrings, and a hot, sickly, highly peppered stew.

6. (Sussex) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating; a stew pond.
7. (US, regional) An artificial bed of oysters.
8. (slang) A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.

Synonyms

• (food) casserole, (Britain) hotpot

Coordinate terms

• casserole
• cassoulet
• goulash
• ragout

Derived terms

• cowboy stew
• Irish stew
• in a stew
• sonofabitch stew / son-of-a-gun stew
• stewpot

See also

• stew pond on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• List of stews on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

Verb

stew (third-person singular simple present stews, present participle stewing, simple past and past participle stewed)

1. (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.

   I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole.

   The meat is stewing nicely.

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.

Synonyms

• (suffer under hot conditions): bake, boil, sweat, swelter
• (be in a state of elevated anxiety): brood, fret, sweat, worry

Translations

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of steward or stewardess.

Noun

stew (plural stews)

1. A steward or stewardess on an airplane or boat.
   • 1975 November 3, Mordecai Richler, "The Perils of Maureen", New York, volume 8, number 44, page 8 [1]:

     And then, working as a stew for American Airlines, Mo met another older man […] .

   • 1991, Tom Clancy, The Sum of All Fears, 1992 edition, ?ISBN, page 480 [2]:

     " […] We want to know what he's going to be saying on his airplane."

     "I don't have the legs to dress up as a stew, doc. Besides, I never learned to do the tea ceremony, either."

   • 1992 January, Skip Hollandsworth, "Doing the Hustle", Texas Monthly, ISSN 0148-7736, volume 20, issue 1, page 52 [3]:

     Dallas was also becoming known as a "stew zoo" because so many flight attendants were relocating there to work for Southwest, Braniff, and American Airlines.

Anagrams

• Tews, West, ewts, tews, west, wets