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Definition of 'BREW'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) brew
to make (beer, ale, etc.) by steeping, boiling, and fermenting malt and hops.

2.  brew
to prepare (tea, coffee, etc.) by boiling, steeping, or the like.

3.  brew
to contrive, plan, or bring about:
to brew mischief.

4. (v.i.) brew
to make beer or ale.

5.  brew
to boil, steep, soak, or cook.

6. (n.) brew
a quantity brewed in a single process.

7.  brew
a brewed beverage.

8.  brew
any concoction, esp. a liquid produced by a mixture of unusual ingredients:
a witches' brew.

9.  brew
Informal.

10.  brew
beer or ale.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE brēowan)

Definition of 'BREW'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) brew, brewage
drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling

2. (verb) brew
prepare by brewing
"people have been brewing beer for thousands of years"

3. (verb) brew
sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor
"the tea is brewing"

Definition of 'BREW'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) brew
to make beer
***to brew beer

2. brew
to begin to develop
There's trouble brewing.

Definition of 'BREW'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) BREW
the mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed

2. (verb) BREW
to boil or seethe; to cook

3. (verb) BREW
to prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation

4. (verb) BREW
to prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct

5. (verb) BREW
to foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief

6. (verb) BREW
to attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer

7. (verb) BREW
to be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; as, a storm brews in the west

Translation of 'BREW'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to make (beer, ale etc) He brews beer at home.
Afrikaans: brou	Arabic: يخمّـر البيره، يَنْقَع	Bulgarian: варя бира
Brazilian: produzir	Czech: vařit	German: brauen
Danish: brygge; fremstille	Greek: παρασκευάζω (π.χ. μπίρα)	Spanish: elaborar bebidas fermenta
Estonian: pruulima	Farsi: به عمل آوردن	Finnish: panna olutta
French: brasser	Hebrew: לְבָשֵל בִּירָה	Hindi: मद्य बनाना
Croatian: variti pivo	Hungarian: főz (italt)	Indonesian: membuat
Icelandic: brugga	Italian: fare, preparare	Japanese: 醸造する
Korean: 양조하다	Lithuanian: daryti (alų)	Latvian: brūvēt (alu)
Malay: membuat bir	Dutch: brouwen	Norwegian: brygge
Polish: warzyć	Persian: به عمل آوردن	Pashto: عمل کی راوړل
Portuguese: produzir	Romanian: a fabrica (bere)	Russian: варить
Slovak: variť	Slovenian: variti	Serbian: variti
Swedish: brygga	Thai: ต้ม (เหล้า)	Turkish: bira yapmak
Taiwanese: 釀造(啤酒等)	Ukrainian: варити	Urdu: بئیر بنانا
Vietnamese: chế, ủ (rượu, bia)	Chinese: 酿造（啤酒等）
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