brew

[Brew]

Sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor

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To boil or seethe; to cook.

Noun
drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling

Verb
sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor; "the tea is brewing"

Verb
prepare by brewing; "people have been brewing beer for thousands of years"


v. t.
To boil or seethe; to cook.

v. t.
To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation.

v. t.
To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct.

v. t.
To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief.

v. i.
To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.

v. i.
To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; as, a storm brews in the west.

n.
The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed.


Brew

Brew , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brewed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Brewing.] [OE. brewen, AS. bre'a2wan; akin to D. brouwen, OHG. priuwan, MHG. briuwen, brwen, G. brauen, Icel. brugga, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and perh. to L. defrutum must boiled down, Gr. (for ?) 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.] 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.
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!

Brew

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.
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.

Brew

Brew , n. The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. Bacon.

To boil or seethe; to cook.

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

The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed.

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Poetry operates by hints and dark suggestions. It is full of secrets and hidden formulae, like a witch's brew.

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