brew (br
)
)v. brewed, brew·ing, brews
v.tr.
1. To make (ale or beer) from malt and hops by infusion, boiling, and fermentation.
2. To make (a beverage) by boiling, steeping, or mixing various ingredients: brew tea.
3. To concoct; devise: brew a plot to overthrow the government.
v.intr.
1. To make ale or beer as an occupation.
2. To be made by boiling or steeping: As the coffee brewed, I paced in the kitchen.
3. To be imminent; impend: "storms brewing on every frontier" (John Dos Passos).
n.
1.
a. A beverage made by brewing.
b. A serving of such a beverage.
2. Something produced as if by brewing; a mix: Their politics were a strange brew of idealism and self-interest.
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brew1
brew2
vb
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) to make (beer, ale, etc.) from malt and other ingredients by steeping, boiling, and fermentation
2. (Cookery) to prepare (a drink, such as tea) by boiling or infusing
3. (tr) to devise or plan to brew a plot
4. (Cookery) (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
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) a beverage produced by brewing, esp tea or beer a strong brew
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) an instance or time of brewing last year's brew
3. a mixture an eclectic brew of mysticism and political discontent See also brew up
[Old English brēowan; related to Old Norse brugga, Old Saxon breuwan, Old High German briuwan]
brewer n
brew2
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Northern English dialect a hill
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