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brew

[broo]

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.

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verb (used without object)

  1. to make a fermented alcoholic malt beverage, as beer or ale.

  2. to boil, steep, soak, or cook.

    Wait until the tea brews.

noun

  1. a quantity brewed in a single process.

  2. a particular brewing or variety of malt liquor.

  3. a hot beverage made by cooking a solid in water, especially tea or coffee.

  4. any concoction, especially a liquid produced by a mixture of unusual ingredients.

    a witches' brew.

  5. Informal.

    1. beer or ale.

    2. an individual serving of beer or ale.

      Let's have a few brews after the game.

brew

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/ ː /

verb

  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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a beverage produced by brewing, esp tea or beer

    a strong brew

  2. an instance or time of brewing

    last year's brew

  3. a mixture

    an eclectic brew of mysticism and political discontent

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

brew

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/ ː /

noun

  1. dialecta hill

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • brewer noun
  • misbrew verb (used with object)
  • rebrew verb
  • unbrewed adjective
  • underbrew verb (used with object)
  • well-brewed adjective
  • ˈɱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of brew1

before 900; Middle English brewen, Old English ŧǷɲ; akin to Dutch brouwen, German brauen, Old Norse brugga
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of brew1

Old English ŧǷɲ ; related to Old Norse brugga , Old Saxon breuwan , Old High German briuwan
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. be brewing, to be forming or gathering; be in preparation.

    Trouble was brewing.

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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

He said he had been talking to someone before he turned around to find the gull helping himself to the hot brew.

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With the Dodgers hosting its archrival San Francisco Giants over the weekend, one might expect the cavernous brew hall with giant projection screens to be packed with revelers.

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This conflict was brewing for reasons that run deeper than Musk and Trump's competing egos or Silicon Valley's dependency on government funding, which their leaders disparage.

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In February, amid a brewing trade war, the Canadian government announced it would further expand this programme.

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But, in what was charged as already his fifth blown save of the season, he failed to limit damage as a threat began to brew.

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