Slew vs Stew - What's the difference?
slew | stew |
(US) A large amount.
(nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
To veer a vehicle.
To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
To pivot.
To skid.
(rail transport) to move something (usually a railway line) sideways
(transitive, British, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
(slay)
(label) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
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*:And when he came to the chamber there as this lady was the dores of yron vnlocked and vnbolted / And so syr launcelot wente in to the chambre that was as hote as ony stewe / And there syr launcelot toke the fayrest lady by the hand / that euer he sawe / and she was naked as a nedel
(label) A brothel.
*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.
(label) A prostitute.
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*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 .
(label) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.
An artificial bed of oysters.
(label) A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.
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(transitive, or, intransitive, or, ergative) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
(figuratively) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
(figuratively) To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
A steward or stewardess on an airplane.
* 1975 November 3, , volume 8, number 44, page 8 [http://google.com/books?id=OekCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8&dq=stew]:
* 1991 , , 1992 edition, ISBN 0425184226, page 480 [http://google.com/books?id=kP84eUjxv-MC&pg=PA480&dq=stew]:
* 1992 January, Skip Hollandsworth, "Doing the Hustle", , ISSN 0148-7736, volume 20, issue 1, page 52 [http://google.com/books?id=dysEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52&dq=stew]:
As a noun slew
is (us) a large amount or slew can be the act, or process of slaying.As a verb slew
is (nautical) to rotate or turn something about its axis or slew can be (slay).As a proper noun stew is
a diminutive of the male given name stewart .slew
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (noun only)Noun
(en noun)- She has a slew of papers and notebooks strewn all over her desk.
See also
* onslaughtEtymology 2
In all senses, a mostly British spelling of slue.Verb
(en verb)- The single line was slewed onto the disused up formation to make way for the future redoubling
Etymology 3
Verb
(head)See also
* slainAnagrams
*stew
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) estuve (modern French .Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* (food) casserole, (British) hotpotCoordinate terms
* casserole * cassoulet * goulash * ragoutDerived terms
* in a stew * stewpotVerb
(en verb)- I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole.
- The meat is stewing nicely.
Synonyms
* (suffer under hot conditions) bake, boil, sweat, swelter * (be in a state of elevated anxiety) brood, fret, sweat, worryEtymology 2
Abbreviation of steward or stewardess.Noun
(en noun)- And then, working as a stew for American Airlines, Mo met another older man.
- "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."
- 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.