To use (excessive) reasoning and rationalization to block out emotional stress and anxiety associated with painful or traumatic experiences.
To find a seemingly rational explanation for something.
To treat in an intellectual manner; to discuss or express intellectually.
To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become intellectual.
To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
A dish cooked by stewing.
A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.
A steward or stewardess on an airplane or boat.
A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.
An artificial bed of oysters.