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.

OTHER WORDS FOR brew

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

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Idioms about brew

be brewing, to be forming or gathering; be in preparation: Trouble was brewing.

Origin of brew

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

OTHER WORDS FROM brew

brewer, nounmis·brew, verb (used with object)re·brew, verbun·brewed, adjective

un·der·brew, verb (used with object)well-brewed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH brew

1. brewed , brood2. brews , bruise

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How to use brew in a sentence

It’s nice to drink a brew that’s so easily traced back to its source.
Now You Can Steep Your Coffee Like Tea—and It's Awesome|AC Shilton|November 11, 2020|Outside Online
These developmental scientists are in a prime position to uncover the roots of deadly despair and identify how some individuals nurture hope during difficult times while others experience a toxic brew of mental pain.
‘Deaths of despair’ are rising. It’s time to define despair|Bruce Bower|November 2, 2020|Science News
Even in a moment of deep partisan hatred, this is a particularly explosive brew.
Why The Supreme Court’s Reputation Is At Stake|Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux (Amelia.Thomson-DeVeaux@abc.com)|October 12, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
He treated two-thirds, bathing each one individually in the bacterial brew, and left one-third untreated.
When Evolution Is Infectious - Issue 90: Something Green|Moises Velasquez-Manoff|September 30, 2020|Nautilus

Doesn’t matter if it’s a piping hot cup or a batch of cold brew.
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Immediately, there was a national groundswell of voices calling for Arizona Governor Jan Brewer to veto the bill.
Corporations Are No Longer Silent on LGBT Issues||December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But Casa Bruja remains the only independent brewer in Panama with a bottling and distribution plan.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was here, at BrewDog, that Pragnell met Omar Lombardo, who is now Casa Bruja's head brewer.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Three days later, BrewDog's operation manager offered him a minimum-wage assistant brewer position.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All this time, even back when he was studying at Purdue, Pragnell was an avid home-brewer.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
De secretis operibus artis et naturae, et de nullitate magiae, p. 533 (Brewer).
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
And then she thought with horror of the confidence she had made to old Mrs. Wurzel and the brewer's daughter, not an hour before.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
The brewer and my mother finally quieted him and he gave us twenty pounds, or one hundred dollars, more.
Ways of War and Peace|Delia Austrian
You have taxed and controlled the brewer and the publican until the outraged Liquor Interest has become a national danger.
The New Machiavelli|Herbert George Wells
Shortly after his marriage, Mr. Coles returned to the island, and commenced the business of brewer and distiller.
History of Prince Edward Island|Duncan Campbell

British Dictionary definitions for brew (1 of 2)

brew¹

/ (bruː) /

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

Derived forms of brew

brewer, noun

Word Origin for brew

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

British Dictionary definitions for brew (2 of 2)

brew²

/ (bruː) /

noun

Northern English dialect a hill

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