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verb (used with object)
1.
to make (beer, ale, etc.) by steeping, boiling, and fermenting malt and hops.
2.
to make or prepare (a beverage, as tea) by mixing, steeping, soaking, or boiling a solid in water.
3.
to concoct, mix, or cook (a beverage or food, especially one containing unmeasured or unusual ingredients): She brewed a pot of soup from the leftovers.
4.
to contrive, plan, or bring about: to brew mischief.
verb (used without object)
5.
to make a fermented alcoholic malt beverage, as beer or ale.
6.
to boil, steep, soak, or cook: Wait until the tea brews.
noun
Idioms 7.
a quantity brewed in a single process.
8.
a particular brewing or variety of malt liquor.
9.
a hot beverage made by cooking a solid in water, especially tea or coffee.
10.
any concoction, especially a liquid produced by a mixture of unusual ingredients: a witches' brew.
11.
Informal.
a.
beer or ale.
b.
an individual serving of beer or ale: Let's have a few brews after the game.
12.
be brewing, to be forming or gathering; be in preparation: Trouble was brewing.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English brewen, Old English brēowan; akin to Dutch brouwen, German brauen, Old Norse brugga
before 900; Middle English brewen, Old English brēowan; akin to Dutch brouwen, German brauen, Old Norse brugga
Related forms
brew·er, noun
mis·brew, verb (used with object)
re·brew, verb
un·brewed, adjective
un·der·brew, verb (used with object)
Synonyms
4. concoct, scheme, plot, devise, hatch, cook up.
4. concoct, scheme, plot, devise, hatch, cook up.
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brew1 (bruː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make (beer, ale, etc) from malt and other ingredients by steeping, boiling, and fermentation |
| 2. | to prepare (a drink, such as tea) by boiling or infusing |
| 3. | (tr) to devise or plan: to brew a plot |
| 4. | (intr) to be in the process of being brewed: the tea was brewing in the pot |
| 5. | (intr) to be impending or forming: there's a storm brewing |
| —n | |
| 6. | a beverage produced by brewing, esp tea or beer: a strong brew |
| 7. | an instance or time of brewing: last year's brew |
| 8. | a mixture: an eclectic brew of mysticism and political discontent |
| [Old English brēowan; related to Old Norse brugga, Old Saxon breuwan, Old High German briuwan] | |
| 'brewer1 | |
| —n | |
| brew2 (bruː) | |
| —n | |
| dialect (Northern English) a hill | |
| brewing (ˈbruːɪŋ) | |
| —n | |
| a quantity of a beverage brewed at one time | |
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Word Origin & History
brew
O.E. breowan "to brew" (class II strong verb, past tense breaw, past participle browen), from P.Gmc. *breuwan "to brew" (cf. O.N. brugga, O.Fris. briuwa, M.Du. brouwen, O.H.G. briuwan, Ger. brauen "to brew"), from PIE base *bhreue- "to bubble, boil, effervesce" (cf. Skt. bhurnih "violent, passionate,"
Gk. phrear "well, spring, cistern," L. fervere "to boil, foam," Thracian Gk. brytos "fermented liquor made from barley," Rus. bruja "current," O.Ir. bruth "heat;" O.E. beorma "yeast;" O.H.G. brato "roast meat"), the original sense thus being "make a drink by boiling." Related: Brewed; brewing. The noun is c.1500, from the verb.
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
The beer's of your own brewing and you must drink it.
Before she goes to sleep, she sets her coffee-maker to start brewing at a certain time the next morning.
Guests can also take a brewery tour to learn about the restaurant's beer and brewing process.
Each brewing process needs a different grind that complements that brewing process.
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