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Definition brew

Etymology

Middle English brewen, from Old English br?owan, from Proto-Germanic *brewwan?, from Proto-Indo-European *b?rewh?-. Cognate with Dutch brouwen, German brauen, Swedish brygga; also Ancient Greek ????? (phréar, “well”), Latin ferv?re (“to be hot; to burn; to boil”), Old Irish bruth (“violent, boiling heat”), Sanskrit ??????? (bhurván, “motion of water”).

Verb

brew (third-person singular simple present brews, present participle brewing, simple past and past participle brewed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.
2. (transitive) To heat wine, infusing it with spices; to mull.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To make a hot soup by combining ingredients and boiling them in water.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To make beer by steeping a starch source in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast.
5. (transitive) To foment or prepare, as by brewing
6. (intransitive) To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
7. (intransitive, of an unwelcome event) To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering.
8. (transitive, obsolete) To boil or seethe; to cook.

Noun

brew (plural brews)

1. The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage, such as a cup of tea.
2. (slang) A beer.
3. (Britain, informal) A hill.

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