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Brew

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Noun

1. brew, brewage

drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling

Verb

2. brew

prepare by brewing

Example Sentences:
'people have been brewing beer for thousands of years'

3. brew

sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor

Example Sentences:
'the tea is brewing'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Brew

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verb
1. 
to make (beer, ale, etc) from malt and other ingredients by steeping, boiling, and fermentation
2. 
to prepare (a drink, such as tea) by boiling or infusing
3. (transitive)
to devise or plan
to brew a plot
4. (intransitive)
to be in the process of being brewed
the tea was brewing in the pot
5. (intransitive)
to be impending or forming
there's a storm brewing
noun
6. 
a beverage produced by brewing, esp tea or beer
a strong brew
7. 
an instance or time of brewing
last year's brew
8. 
a mixture
an eclectic brew of mysticism and political discontent
noun
Northern England dialect
a hill

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Brew

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verb transitive
1. 
to make (beer, ale, etc.) from malt and hops by steeping, boiling, and fermenting
2. 
to make (tea, coffee, etc.) by steeping or boiling
3. 
to plan (mischief, trouble, etc.); plot; scheme
verb intransitive
4. 
to brew beer, ale, etc.
5. 
to begin to form
said of a storm, trouble, etc.
noun
6. 
a beverage that has been brewed
7. 
an amount brewed
8. 
the brewing process
9.  US, Informal
a drink of beer

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Brew

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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.

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