brew

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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[Middle English brewen, from Old English browan; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]

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brewage n.

brewer n.

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brew

Verb

1. to make (beer, ale, etc.) from malt and other ingredients by steeping, boiling, and fermentation

2. to prepare (a drink, such as tea) by infusing

3. to devise or plan: to brew a plot

4. to be in the process of being brewed

5. to be about to happen or forming: a rebellion was brewing

Noun

1. a beverage produced by brewing, esp. tea or beer

2. an instance of brewing: last year's brew [Old English brēowan]

brewer n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	brew - drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling brewage alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant - a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" beer - a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops kvass - fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or barley mead - made of fermented honey and water cassiri - a drink resembling beer; made from fermented cassava juice spruce beer - a brew made by fermenting molasses and other sugars with the sap of spruce trees (sometimes with malt)
Verb	1.	brew - prepare by brewing; "people have been brewing beer for thousands of years" create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch
	2.	brew - sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor; "the tea is brewing" imbue, soak - fill, soak, or imbue totally; "soak the bandage with disinfectant"

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brew

verb 1. boil, make, soak, steep, stew, infuse (tea)

verb 2. make, ferment, prepare by fermentation

verb 3. start, develop, gather, foment

verb 4. develop, form, gather, foment

noun 5. drink, preparation, mixture, blend, liquor, beverage, infusion, concoction, fermentation, distillation

Translations

brew [bruː] vt [+ tea] → hacer [+ beer]; elaborar [+ plot]; tramar

vi → hacerse; elaborarse; tramarse; [storm] → amenazar

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brew [bruː] vt [+ tea] → faire infuser [+ beer]; brasser [+ plot]; tramer, préparer

vi [tea] → infuser; [beer] → fermenter (fig); se préparer, couver

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brew [bruː] vt (tea) → aufbrühen, kochen;

(beer) → brauen

vi (tea) → ziehen;

(beer) → gären;

(storm), (fig); sich zusammenbrauen

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brew [bruː] vt [+ tea] → fare un infuso di [+ beer]; fare [+ plot]; tramare

vi [tea] → essere in infusione; [beer] → essere in fermentazione;

(fig) → bollire in pentola