Definitions for: 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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: brewage

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

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