stew vs sweat

stew

verb
  • To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering. 

  • To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong. 

  • To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions. 

  • To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger. 

noun
  • 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. 

sweat

verb
  • To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content. 

  • To stress out. 

  • To cause to excrete moisture through skin. 

  • To emit sweat. 

  • To worry about (something). 

  • To cause to perspire. 

  • To have drops of water form on (something's surface) due to moisture condensation. 

  • To be extremely dedicated to winning a game; to play competitively. 

  • To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression. 

  • To emit moisture. 

  • To solder (a pipe joint) together. 

  • To take a racehorse for a short exercise run. 

  • To worry. 

  • To work hard. 

  • To emit, in the manner of sweat. 

  • To suffer a penalty; to smart for one's misdeeds. 

noun
  • The state of one who sweats; diaphoresis. 

  • Hard work; toil. 

  • A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise. 

  • An extremely competitive player. 

  • The sweating sickness. 

  • Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation. 

  • A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced). 

  • Moisture issuing from any substance. 

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