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brewing

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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.

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

brewage n.
brewer n.

brewing [ˈbruːɪŋ]
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) a quantity of a beverage brewed at one time

Brewing a collection of black clouds which signal a storm.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.brewingbrewing - the production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast
production - (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale; "he introduced more efficient methods of production"
decoction mashing, decoction process - (brewing) a process in which part of the mash is removed and boiled and then returned
Translations
brewing [ˈbruːɪŋ] nbrassage m
brewing [ˈbruːɪŋ] nfabbricazione f della birra
brewing [ˈbruːɪŋ] nfabbricazione f della birra


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He looked abroad on the general dourness of gray earth and gray air and gray sky, and said a storm was brewing.
The gray house at Orchard Slope was in a turmoil of baking and brewing and boiling and stewing, for there was to be a big, old-timey wedding.
At Blackstable they had always looked upon brewing with civil contempt, the Vicar made little jokes about the beerage, and it was a surprising experience for Philip to discover that Watson was such an important and magnificent fellow.
 
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