BREW

brew, brewage

(noun) drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling

brew

(verb) sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor; “the tea is brewing”

brew

(verb) prepare by brewing; “people have been brewing beer for thousands of years”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Verb

brew (third-person singular simple present brews, present participle brewing, simple past and past participle brewed)

(transitive, intransitive) To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.

(transitive) To heat wine, infusing it with spices; to mull.

(transitive, intransitive) To make a hot soup by combining ingredients and boiling them in water.

(transitive, intransitive) To make beer by steeping a starch source in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast.

(transitive) To foment or prepare, as by brewing

Synonyms: contrive, plot, hatch

(intransitive) To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.

(intransitive, of an unwelcome event) To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering.

(transitive, obsolete) To boil or seethe; to cook.

Noun

brew (plural brews)

The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage, such as a cup of tea or a brewed beer.

(slang) A beer.

Etymology 2

Noun

brew (plural brews)

(British, dialect) A hill or overhanging cliff.

Anagrams

• BWER

Proper noun

Brew (plural Brews)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brew is the 14775^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2010 individuals. Brew is most common among White (71.64%) and Black/African American (23.48%) individuals.

Anagrams

• BWER

Source: Wiktionary

Brew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Brewing.] Etym: [OE. brewen, AS. breówan; akin to D. brouwen, OHG. priuwan, MHG. briuwen, br, G. brauen, Icel. brugga, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and perh. to L. defrutum must boiled down, Gr. to prepare by heat. sq. root93. 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.

Definition: The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition