brew

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: brewage

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distillingSynonyms: brewage

Verb (2)

  1. prepare by brewing“people have been brewing beer for thousands of years”
  2. sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor“the tea is brewing”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Brew \Brew\, v. i.

1.To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer. [1913 Webster]

I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; as, a storm brews in the west. [1913 Webster]

There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Brew \Brew\ (br[udd]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brewed (br[udd]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Brewing.] [OE. brewen, AS. bre['o]wan; akin to D. brouwen, OHG. priuwan, MHG. briuwen, br[=u]wen, G. brauen, Icel. brugga, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and perh. to L. defrutum must boiled down, Gr. bry^ton (for fry^ton?) 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.] [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

3.To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct. [1913 Webster]

Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

4.To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief. [1913 Webster]

Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver!— Milton.[1913 Webster]
Brew \Brew\, n. The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
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