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Brew

Brew Meaning & Definition
Brew Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Brew?

[n] drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling
[v] sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor; "the tea is brewing"
[v] prepare by brewing; of alcoholic beverages

Synonyms | Synonyms for Brew: brewage

Related Terms | Find terms related to Brew: alcohol | alcoholic beverage | alcoholic drink | ale | angle | approach | aqua vitae | ardent spirits | await | bake | barbecue | baste | bathe | be imminent | be in store | beer | begin | besprinkle | beverage | bitters | blanch | blast | blossom | blow | blow a hurricane | blow great guns | blow over | blow up | bluster | bock beer | boil | bootleg | booze | braise | breathe | breeze | breeze up | bring about | broil | brown | burgeon | cabal | cause | coddle | collude | color | combination | come on | come up | complot | compose | composition | compound | concoct | concoction | confection | confront | connive | conspire | contrive | cook | cook up | countermine | counterplot | curry | decoct | decoction | decoctum | develop | devil | devise | distill | do | do to perfection | douche | draw near | draw nigh | draw on | dredge | drench | drink | drouk | dye | engineer | entincture | face | ferment | finagle | finesse | fire | fix up | flavor | flourish | flush | form | forthcome | frame | frame up | freshen | fricassee | frizz | frizzle | fry | gather | germinate | get up | go on | griddle | grill | grog | grow | grow up | half-and-half | hang over | hard liquor | hash | hatch | hatch a plot | hatch up | heat | hodgepodge | hover | huff | hypertrophy | imbrue | imbue | impend | impregnate | increase | inebriant | infiltrate | infuse | inject | instill | intoxicant | intoxicating liquor | intrigue | John Barleycorn | jumble | lager beer | lave | lay a plot | leach | leaven | lie over | light beer | liquor | little brown jug | lixiviate | loom | lower | macerate | machinate | make | make up | malt liquor | maneuver | mature | mead | medley | melange | menace | mishmash | mix | mixture | moonlight | moonshine | mushroom | near | near beer | operate | outgrow | oven-bake | overdevelop | overgrow | overhang | overtop | pan | pan-broil | parboil | pastiche | penetrate | percolate | permeate | pervade | Pilsner | pipe up | plan | plot | poach | porter | potable | potation | potpourri | prepare | prepare food | procreate | produce | puff | pullulate | pulque | punch bowl | put together | rage | reproduce | rig | rinse | roast | rum | sake | salad | saturate | saute | scallop | scheme | schnapps | sear | season | seethe | set in | shirr | shoot up | simmer | soak | social lubricant | sodden | sop | souse | spirits | spring up | sprout | sprout up | squall | start | steam | steep | stew | stir-fry | storm | stout | strong drink | strong waters | suffuse | tea | temper | the bottle | the cup | the Demon Rum | the flowing bowl | the luscious liquor | the ruddy cup | threaten | thrive | tincture | tinge | toast | tower | toxicant | transfuse | upshoot | upspear | upspring | upsprout | vegetate | waft | wangle | wash | water of life | waterlog | wax | whiff | whiffle

See Also | alcohol | alcoholic beverage | ale | beer | cassiri | create from raw material | create from raw stuff | ferment | half-and-half | imbue | inebriant | intoxicant | kvass | mead | soak | sour | suds | turn | work

Brew In Webster's Dictionary

\Brew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brewed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brewing}.] [OE. brewen, AS. bre['o]wan; akin to D. brouwen, OHG. priuwan, MHG. briuwen, br?wen, G. brauen, Icel. brugga, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and perh. to L. defrutum must boiled down, Gr. ? (for ??) a kind of beer. The original meaning seems to have been to prepare by heat. [root]93. Cf. {Broth}, {Bread}.] 1. To boil or seethe; to cook. [Obs.] 2. To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation. ``She brews good ale.'' --Shak. 3. To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct. Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely. --Shak. 4. To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief. Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver! --Milton.
\Brew\, v. i. 1. To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer. I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour. --Shak. 2. To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; as, a storm brews in the west. There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest. --Shak.
\Brew\, n. The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. --Bacon.

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