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brew
[broo]
verb (used with object)
to make (beer, ale, etc.) by steeping, boiling, and fermenting malt and hops.
to make or prepare (a beverage, as tea) by mixing, steeping, soaking, or boiling a solid in water.
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.
to contrive, plan, or bring about.
to brew mischief.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
verb (used without object)
to make a fermented alcoholic malt beverage, as beer or ale.
to boil, steep, soak, or cook.
Wait until the tea brews.
noun
a quantity brewed in a single process.
a particular brewing or variety of malt liquor.
a hot beverage made by cooking a solid in water, especially tea or coffee.
any concoction, especially a liquid produced by a mixture of unusual ingredients.
a witches' brew.
Informal.
beer or ale.
an individual serving of beer or ale.
Let's have a few brews after the game.
brew
1/ ː /
verb
to make (beer, ale, etc) from malt and other ingredients by steeping, boiling, and fermentation
to prepare (a drink, such as tea) by boiling or infusing
(tr) to devise or plan
to brew a plot
(intr) to be in the process of being brewed
the tea was brewing in the pot
(intr) to be impending or forming
there's a storm brewing
noun
a beverage produced by brewing, esp tea or beer
a strong brew
an instance or time of brewing
last year's brew
a mixture
an eclectic brew of mysticism and political discontent
brew
2/ ː /
noun
dialecta hill
Other 51Թ Forms
- brewer noun
- misbrew verb (used with object)
- rebrew verb
- unbrewed adjective
- underbrew verb (used with object)
- well-brewed adjective
- ˈɱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of brew1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of brew1
Idioms and Phrases
be brewing, to be forming or gathering; be in preparation.
Trouble was brewing.
Example Sentences
He said he had been talking to someone before he turned around to find the gull helping himself to the hot brew.
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.
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.
In February, amid a brewing trade war, the Canadian government announced it would further expand this programme.
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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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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