brew

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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.

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.

Origin of brew

before 900; Middle English brewen, Old English brēowan; akin to Dutch brouwen, German brauen, Old Norse brugga

Related formsbrew·er, nounmis·brew, verb (used with object)re·brew, verbun·brewed, adjectiveun·der·brew, verb (used with object)well-brewed, adjective

Can be confusedbrewed broodbrews bruise

Synonyms for brew

4. concoct, scheme, plot, devise, hatch, cook up.

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Examples from the Web for brewer

Contemporary Examples of brewer

According to Phillips, Brewer has essentially sold Arizona Christians into slavery.
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Caitlin Dickson
March 2, 2014
Rich Lowry of National Review tweeted "Brewer veto shows that poorly informed hysteria works."
Jan Brewer Keeps Arizona in the 21st Century
Ben Jacobs
February 27, 2014
Brewer's veto comes a week after the Kansas State Senate rejected a similar bill in the Sunflower State.
Jan Brewer Keeps Arizona in the 21st Century
Ben Jacobs
February 27, 2014
Some national conservatives reacted in sorrow to Brewer's annoucement.
Jan Brewer Keeps Arizona in the 21st Century
Ben Jacobs
February 27, 2014
In contrast, those urging Brewer to sign the bill included Rush Limbaugh and Michele Bachmann.
Jan Brewer Keeps Arizona in the 21st Century
Ben Jacobs
February 27, 2014

Historical Examples of brewer

The pet animal of a breyer (brewer) is six score pence in value.
Concerning Cats
Helen M. Winslow
Malt itself, to produce intoxication, must be used in such large quantities as would very much diminish the brewer's profit.
The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches,
Mary Eaton
"Molly's smoking at the gate like a brewer's vat, father," said Pete.
The Manxman
Hall Caine
Bless your heart, no; but getting as tired of one swateheart as a pig of brewer's grain.
The Manxman
Hall Caine
He thinks he has done a plucky thing because he's as strong as a brewer's horse.
Is He Popenjoy?
Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for brewer

brew

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 planto brew a plot

(intr) to be in the process of being brewedthe tea was brewing in the pot

(intr) to be impending or formingthere's a storm brewing

noun

a beverage produced by brewing, esp tea or beera strong brew

an instance or time of brewinglast year's brew

a mixturean eclectic brew of mysticism and political discontent

Word Origin for brew

Old English brēowan; related to Old Norse brugga, Old Saxon breuwan, Old High German briuwan

brew

noun

Northern English dialect a hill

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Word Origin and History for brewer

brew

Old English breowan "to brew" (class II strong verb, past tense breaw, past participle browen), from Proto-Germanic *breuwan "to brew" (cf. Old Norse brugga, Old Frisian briuwa, Middle Dutch brouwen, Old High German briuwan, German brauen "to brew"), from PIE root *bhreue- "to bubble, boil, effervesce" (cf. Sanskrit bhurnih "violent, passionate," Greek phrear "well, spring, cistern," Latin fervere "to boil, foam," Thracian Greek brytos "fermented liquor made from barley," Russian bruja "current," Old Irish bruth "heat;" Old English beorma "yeast;" Old High German brato "roast meat"), the original sense thus being "make a drink by boiling." Related: Brewed; brewing.

brew

c.1500, "a brewed beverage," from brew (v.).

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