yvlog

Advertisement

View synonyms for

brew

[ broo ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to make (beer, ale, etc.) by steeping, boiling, and fermenting malt and hops.
  2. to make or prepare (a beverage, as tea) by mixing, steeping, soaking, or boiling a solid in water.
  3. to concoct, mix, or cook (a beverage or food, especially one containing unmeasured or unusual ingredients):

    She brewed a pot of soup from the leftovers.

  4. to contrive, plan, or bring about:

    to brew mischief.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,



verb (used without object)

  1. to make a fermented alcoholic malt beverage, as beer or ale.
  2. to boil, steep, soak, or cook:

    Wait until the tea brews.

noun

  1. a quantity brewed in a single process.
  2. a particular brewing or variety of malt liquor.
  3. a hot beverage made by cooking a solid in water, especially tea or coffee.
  4. any concoction, especially a liquid produced by a mixture of unusual ingredients:

    a witches' brew.

  5. Informal.
    1. beer or ale.
    2. an individual serving of beer or ale:

      Let's have a few brews after the game.

brew

1

/ ː /

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. tr to devise or plan

    to brew a plot

  4. 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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a beverage produced by brewing, esp tea or beer

    a strong brew

  2. an instance or time of brewing

    last year's brew

  3. a mixture

    an eclectic brew of mysticism and political discontent

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

brew

2

/ ː /

noun

  1. dialect.
    a hill
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

Derived Forms

  • ˈɱ, noun
Discover More

Other yvlog Forms

  • İ noun
  • · verb (used with object)
  • · verb
  • ܲ·ɱ adjective
  • ܲd· verb (used with object)
  • ɱ-ɱ adjective
Discover More

yvlog History and Origins

Origin of brew1

before 900; Middle English brewen, Old English ŧǷɲ; akin to Dutch brouwen, German brauen, Old Norse brugga
Discover More

yvlog History and Origins

Origin of brew1

Old English ŧǷɲ ; related to Old Norse brugga , Old Saxon breuwan , Old High German briuwan
Discover More

Idioms and Phrases

  1. be brewing, to be forming or gathering; be in preparation:

    Trouble was brewing.

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Tensions had been brewing since December, when supporters of Assad killed 14 interior ministry troops in an ambush, two weeks after the former president was overthrown.

From

But behind the scenes, tensions were brewing almost from the beginning.

From

A storm brews up, an unexpected ship appears?

From

At no other time in the six years of Landlights’ history has a marriage proposal happened at a concert — but other magic has brewed, thanks to the group’s unique concoction of support and camaraderie.

From

It brews beers under a range of brands including Spitfire, Bishops Finger and Whitstable Bay.

From

Advertisement

Related yvlogs

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement