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brew
I. \ˈbrü\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English brewen, from Old English brēowan; akin to Old High German briuwan to brew, Old Norse brugginn brewed, Latin defrutum new wine boiled down, fervēre to boil — more at burn
transitive verb
1. : to prepare (as beer or ale from malt and hops) by steeping, boiling, and fermentation or by infusion and fermentation : convert into a fermented liquor
2.
a. : to bring about (something troublesome or woeful) as if by brewing magical potions or spells
< brewing mischief >
b. : to produce or bring about as if by mixing ingredients : contrive, concoct
< aggression that the dictator was brewing >
< this air is brewed of hot sun and warm sea water — Wolfgang Langewiesche >
3. obsolete : to dilute (liquor) : mix (as liquors)
4. : to prepare (as a drink or other liquid) by infusion especially in hot water
< she is brewing the tea >
broadly : to prepare any drink
intransitive verb
1. : to brew beer or ale especially as a business
2. : to be in a state of preparation
< revolutionary … ways of getting around are brewing — James Cerruti >
: be forming
< the notion of essence … brewed early in Santayana — Justus Buchler >
: gather
< a storm brews in the west >
: impend
< trouble is brewing >
II. noun
(-s)
1.
a. : a beverage formed by brewing
b. : a drink of such beverage (as coffee or tea); also : a glass of beer
< I'll buy you a brew >
2. : a product of brewing : mixture, concoction, batch
< a devil's brew of cynicism, intrigue, and despair — Time >
< like the brew of an alchemist — Jean Stafford >
— see witches' brew
3. : the process of brewing or being brewed
< it was a loury evening with rain in brew — A.N.Whitehead >
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English brewe, literally, eyebrow, from Old English brū — more at brow
dialect Britain : a steep hill or overhanging bank |