stew

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
2. 2
   A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
3. 3
   A brothel.
4. 4
   A prostitute.
5. 5
   A dish cooked by stewing.
6. 6
   A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.
7. 7
   An artificial bed of oysters.
8. 8
   A state of agitated excitement, worry, or confusion.
9. 9
   Unwanted background noise recorded by the microphone.
10. 10
    A cloud of fine particles or droplets; dust, smoke, vapor, mist, or sea-spray.
11. 11
    A steward or stewardess on an airplane or boat.

Verb

1. 1
   To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
2. 2
   To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
3. 3
   To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
4. 4
   To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A diminutive of the male given name Stewart.