Brew Definition
bro͝o
brewed, brewing, brews
verb
brewed, brewing, brews
To make (beer, ale, etc.) from malt and hops by steeping, boiling, and fermenting.
Webster's New World
To make (tea, coffee, etc.) by infusing tea leaves, ground coffee beans, etc. with hot water.
Webster's New World
To begin to form.
Webster's New World
To make (a beverage) by boiling, steeping, or mixing various ingredients.
Brew tea.
American Heritage
To brew beer, ale, etc.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
noun
brews
A beverage that has been brewed.
Webster's New World
The brewing process.
Webster's New World
An amount brewed.
Webster's New World
Something produced as if by brewing; a mix.
Their politics were a strange brew of idealism and self-interest.
American Heritage
A drink of beer.
Webster's New World
Origin of Brew
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Middle English brewen, from Old English brēowan, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreuh₁-, *bʰreh₁u- (compare Welsh berw (“boiling”), Latin fervēre, Albanian mbruaj (“to knead”), Russian бруя (brujá, “current”), Sanskrit भुर्वन् (bhurván, “motion of water”)).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English brewen from Old English brēowan bhreu- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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