brew.
To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.
Meaning & usage
To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.
To heat wine, infusing it with spices; to mull.
To make a hot soup by combining ingredients and boiling them in water.
To make beer by steeping a starch source in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast.
To foment or prepare, as by brewing.
To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering.
To boil or seethe; to cook.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English brewen, from Old English brēowan, from Proto-West Germanic *breuwan, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-. Doublet of burn. Cognate with Dutch brouwen, German brauen, Swedish brygga, Norwegian Bokmål brygge; also Ancient Greek φρέαρ (phréar, “well”), Latin fervēre (“to be hot; to burn; to boil”), Old Irish bruth (“violent, boiling heat”), Sanskrit भुर्वन् (bhurván, “motion of water”). It may be related to English barley.
The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage, such as tea or beer.
The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage, such as tea or beer. A serving of beer.
The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage, such as tea or beer. A cup of tea.
A boiled concoction or mixture of liquids and other ingredients.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English brewen, from Old English brēowan, from Proto-West Germanic *breuwan, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-. Doublet of burn. Cognate with Dutch brouwen, German brauen, Swedish brygga, Norwegian Bokmål brygge; also Ancient Greek φρέαρ (phréar, “well”), Latin fervēre (“to be hot; to burn; to boil”), Old Irish bruth (“violent, boiling heat”), Sanskrit भुर्वन् (bhurván, “motion of water”). It may be related to English barley.
An overhanging hill or cliff.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English brewe (“eyebrow”), from Old English bru (“eyebrow”). Doublet of brow.
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