brew
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.
to make a fermented alcoholic malt beverage, as beer or ale.
to boil, steep, soak, or cook: Wait until the tea brews.
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.
Idioms about brew
be brewing, to be forming or gathering; be in preparation: Trouble was brewing.
Origin of brew
1Other words for brew
Other words from brew
- brewer, noun
- mis·brew, verb (used with object)
- re·brew, verb
- un·brewed, adjective
- un·der·brew, verb (used with object)
- well-brewed, adjective
Words that may be confused with brew
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How to use brew in a sentence
It’s likely that everyone you’re shopping for has gotten into cooking since the start of the pandemic—whether that’s meant perfecting a home brew or discovering new spices.
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Unique kitchen appliances that will save you time and money | PopSci Commerce Team | November 24, 2020 | Popular-ScienceIf you need to make coffee for your whole crew, this brew from Steeped is the one to buy.
Now You Can Steep Your Coffee Like Tea—and It's Awesome | AC Shilton | November 11, 2020 | Outside OnlineTake charge of the brew temperature, pre-infusion pressure, and extraction time, or get one or two shots at the touch of a button.
Gear to make every day feel like National Coffee Day | PopSci Commerce Team | September 29, 2020 | Popular-ScienceYou can use a pitcher and a cheesecloth, but if you want to really optimize, you can spring for a Toddy cold brew maker.
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A bottle of locally brewed liquor chills in a water cooler in the corner, a Pepsi bottle next to it for mixing.
Obama’s Deadly Informants: The Drone Spotters of Pakistan | Umar Farooq, Syed Fakhar Kakakhel | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe yellowed label indicated that it was brewed decades ago.
Industrially brewed by large, monopolistic, multinational corporations with marketing programs that may target children.
P.J. O'Rourke: 27 Sensitive, Caring, Green, and Politically Committed Reasons to Ban July 4th | P. J. O’Rourke | July 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGose is athousand-year-old style of German malted wheat beer brewed with coriander and salt.
First we try Northmaen Blanche, a citrusy wheat beer brewed in Normandy.
Look Out! There’s a Craft-Beer Revolution Taking Over France | Jeff Campagna | December 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe furnace where the Khamsîn brewed in distant Nubia sent its warnings in advance; it was slowly travelling northward.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThe sour Medoc was sparingly drunk, mixed with sugar and water; some drank home-brewed small beer, the majority only water.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandThe storm which had for some time past been brewing, had fairly brewed itself up at last, and the wild sea was covered with foam.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneMost Wrykinians brewed in the winter and Easter terms, when the days were short and lock-up early.
The Gold Bat | P. G. WodehouseDominique came round to them, bearing appearance of one who has seen better days, and a pot of coffee brewed on a spirit lamp.
Villa Rubein and Other Stories | John Galsworthy
British Dictionary definitions for brew (1 of 2)
/ (bruː) /
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
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
Origin of brew
1- See also brew up
Derived forms of brew
- brewer, noun
British Dictionary definitions for brew (2 of 2)
/ (bruː) /
Northern English dialect a hill
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