brew
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make (beer, ale, etc.) by steeping, boiling, and fermenting malt and hops.
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to make or prepare (a beverage, as tea) by mixing, steeping, soaking, or boiling a solid in water.
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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.
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to contrive, plan, or bring about.
to brew mischief.
verb (used without object)
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to make a fermented alcoholic malt beverage, as beer or ale.
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to boil, steep, soak, or cook.
Wait until the tea brews.
noun
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a quantity brewed in a single process.
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a particular brewing or variety of malt liquor.
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a hot beverage made by cooking a solid in water, especially tea or coffee.
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any concoction, especially a liquid produced by a mixture of unusual ingredients.
a witches' brew.
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Informal.
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beer or ale.
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an individual serving of beer or ale.
Let's have a few brews after the game.
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idioms
verb
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to make (beer, ale, etc) from malt and other ingredients by steeping, boiling, and fermentation
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to prepare (a drink, such as tea) by boiling or infusing
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(tr) to devise or plan
to brew a plot
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(intr) to be in the process of being brewed
the tea was brewing in the pot
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(intr) to be impending or forming
there's a storm brewing
noun
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a beverage produced by brewing, esp tea or beer
a strong brew
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an instance or time of brewing
last year's brew
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a mixture
an eclectic brew of mysticism and political discontent
noun
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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misbrewverb (used with object)
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well-brewedadjective
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unbrewedadjective
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rebrewverb
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brewernoun
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underbrewverb (used with object)
Conjugated Forms
Present
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have brewedperfect
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has brewedperfect 3rd person singular
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am brewingprogressive 1st person singular
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have been brewingperfect progressive
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are brewingprogressive
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has been brewingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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brewingparticiple
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brewssingular 3rd person
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is brewingprogressive 3rd person singular
Past
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had brewedperfect
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had been brewingperfect progressive
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was brewingprogressive singular
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were brewingprogressive plural
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brewedsimple
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brewedparticiple
Future
Etymology
Origin of brew
before 900; Middle English brewen, Old English brēowan; akin to Dutch brouwen, German brauen, Old Norse brugga
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
People say, “No, this is nothing new. There is a whole ecosystem around Windows Mobile, around Java, BREW, for other types of phones.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 25, 2018
Well, people do want to watch, says Charlie Nooney, CEO of MobiTV, which provides a television platform for RIM, BREW, Java, Android, iPhone, WebOS, WinMo, Palm among others.
From Forbes • Mar. 28, 2011
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