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brew
(bro͞o)v. brewed, brew·ing, brews
v.tr.
1. To make (ale or beer) from malt and hops by infusion, boiling, and fermentation.
2. To make (a beverage) by boiling, steeping, or mixing various ingredients: brew tea.
3. To concoct; devise: brew a plot to overthrow the government.
v.intr.
1. To make ale or beer as an occupation.
2. To be made by boiling or steeping: As the coffee brewed, I paced in the kitchen.
3. To be imminent; impend: "storms brewing on every frontier" (John Dos Passos).
n.
1.
a. A beverage made by brewing.
b. A serving of such a beverage.
2. Something produced as if by brewing; a mix: Their politics were a strange brew of idealism and self-interest.
brew′age n.
brew′er n.
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brew
(bruː)vb
1. (Brewing) to make (beer, ale, etc) from malt and other ingredients by steeping, boiling, and fermentation
2. (Cookery) to prepare (a drink, such as tea) by boiling or infusing
3. (tr) to devise or plan: to brew a plot.
4. (Cookery) (intr) to be in the process of being brewed: the tea was brewing in the pot.
5. (intr) to be impending or forming: there's a storm brewing.
n
6. (Brewing) a beverage produced by brewing, esp tea or beer: a strong brew.
7. (Brewing) an instance or time of brewing: last year's brew.
8. a mixture: an eclectic brew of mysticism and political discontent.
[Old English brēowan; related to Old Norse brugga, Old Saxon breuwan, Old High German briuwan]
ˈbrewer n
brew
(bruː)n
(Physical Geography) dialect Northern English a hill
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brew
(bru)v.t.
1. to make (beer, ale, etc.) by steeping, boiling, and fermenting malt and hops.
2. to prepare (tea, coffee, etc.) by boiling, steeping, or the like.
3. to contrive, plan, or bring about: to brew mischief.
v.i. 4. to make beer or ale.
5. to boil, steep, soak, or cook.
n. 6. a quantity brewed in a single process.
7. a brewed beverage.
8. any concoction, esp. a liquid produced by a mixture of unusual ingredients: a witches' brew.
9. Informal. beer or ale.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English brēowan]
brew′er, n.
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brew
Past participle: brewed
Gerund: brewing
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| Noun | 1. |  brew - drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distillingalcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant - a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" beer - a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops kvass - fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or barley mead - made of fermented honey and water cassiri - a drink resembling beer; made from fermented cassava juice spruce beer - a brew made by fermenting molasses and other sugars with the sap of spruce trees (sometimes with malt) |
| Verb | 1. | brew - prepare by brewing; "people have been brewing beer for thousands of years" create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch |
| 2. | brew - sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor; "the tea is brewing" |
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brew
verb
noun
1. drink, preparation, mixture, blend, liquor, beverage, infusion, concoction, fermentation, distillation a mild herbal brew
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Translations
تَهَبُّيخمّـر البيره، يَنْقَعيَنْقَعُ الشّاي
chystat sevařit
bryggefremstillelave
fõzkészítkészülkészülõdik
bruggagera te, hella upp ávera í aîsigi
alaus daryklaaludarisdarytitelktisužplikyti
brūvēttuvotiesuzliet
bira yapmakdemlemekhazırlanmak
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brew
n
vt
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brew
[bruː]1. n (of beer) → fermentazione f; (of tea, herbs) → infuso
a strong brew (of beer) → una qualità forte (of tea) → un tè forte
a strong brew (of beer) → una qualità forte (of tea) → un tè forte
2. vt (beer) → produrre; (tea, coffee) → fare; (herbs) → fare un infuso di (fig) (scheme, mischief) → macchinare, tramare
3. vi (beer) → fermentare; (tea) → farsi (fig) (storm, crisis) → prepararsi; (plot) → ordirsi
there's trouble brewing → c'è aria di burrasca
something's brewing → qualcosa bolle in pentola
there's trouble brewing → c'è aria di burrasca
something's brewing → qualcosa bolle in pentola
brew up vi + adv (Brit)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
brew
(bruː) verb1. to make (beer, ale etc). He brews beer at home.
2. to make (tea etc). She brewed another pot of tea.
3. to prepare. There's a storm brewing.
ˈbrewer nounˈbrewery – plural ˈbreweries – noun
a place for brewing beer etc.
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