brew
See also: Brew
English
Etymology
Middle English brewen, from Old English brēowan, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-, *bʰreh₁w- (compare Welsh berw (“boiling”), Latin fervēre, Albanian mbruaj (“to knead”), Russian бруя́ (brujá, “current”), Sanskrit भुर्वन् (bhurván, “motion of water”)).
Pronunciation
- enPR: bro͞o, IPA(key): /bɹuː/, /bɹɪʊ̯/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uː
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.
- 1935, Christopher Isherwood, Mr Norris Changes Trains, Penguin, 1942, Chapter Eleven, p. 113,
- Elderly people sat indoors, in the damp. shabby houses, brewing malt coffee or weak tea and talking without animation […]
- 1935, Christopher Isherwood, Mr Norris Changes Trains, Penguin, 1942, Chapter Eleven, p. 113,
- (transitive) To heat wine, infusing it with spices; to mull.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act III, Scene 5,
- (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
- 1634, John Milton, Comus, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, London: Humphrey Mosely, 1645, p. 106,
- Hence with thy brew’d inchantments, foul deceiver […]
- 1634, John Milton, Comus, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, London: Humphrey Mosely, 1645, p. 106,
- (intransitive) To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act I, Scene 4,
- I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour, dress meat and drink […]
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act I, Scene 4,
- (intransitive, of an unwelcome event) To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering.
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene 5,
- There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest,
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene 5,
- (transitive, obsolete) To boil or seethe; to cook.
Translations
make tea or coffee
make a hot soup
to make beer
to contrive; plot
to go through the process of brewing beer
to be in a state of preparation
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Noun
brew (plural brews)
Middle English
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *bry, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰruHs
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brɛf/
audio (file)
Declension
External links
- brew in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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