stew vs taking

stew

noun
  • A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion. 

  • A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath. 

  • A dish cooked by stewing. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • 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. 

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

taking

noun
  • A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking). 

  • A seizure of someone's goods or possessions. 

  • The act by which something is taken. 

  • Cash or money received (by a shop or other business, for example). 

adj
  • Alluring; attractive. 

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