brew

brew · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To make beer by fermenting malt and hops.

  2. 2.

    A quantity of beer or tea brewed at one time.

  3. 3.

    To make tea or coffee by steeping in hot water.

  4. 4.

    (informal) A cup of tea or beer.

  5. 5.

    To develop or be in the process of forming (of trouble or a storm).

  6. 6.

    A mixture or concoction.

Phrases & expressions

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    brew up — to make tea (British informal)
  • •
    brewing trouble — developing problems
  • •
    a storm is brewing — trouble is coming
  • •
    home brew — beer made at home

Related words

See also: beer, brewer, brewing
Synonyms: concoct, ferment, prepare, steep

Etymology

From Old English "brēowan" meaning to brew, from Proto-Germanic "*brewwaną," related to "broth" and Latin "defrutum" (boiled wine).