Brew Definition

bro͝o

brewed, brewing, brews

verb

brewed, brewing, brews

To make (beer, ale, etc.) from malt and hops by steeping, boiling, and fermenting.

Webster's New World

To make (tea, coffee, etc.) by infusing tea leaves, ground coffee beans, etc. with hot water.

Webster's New World

To begin to form.

Webster's New World

To make (a beverage) by boiling, steeping, or mixing various ingredients.

Brew tea.

American Heritage

To brew beer, ale, etc.

Webster's New World

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noun

brews

A beverage that has been brewed.

Webster's New World

The brewing process.

Webster's New World

An amount brewed.

Webster's New World

Something produced as if by brewing; a mix.

Their politics were a strange brew of idealism and self-interest.

American Heritage

A drink of beer.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Brew

Singular:

brew

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Middle English brewen, from Old English brēowan, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreuh₁-, *bʰreh₁u- (compare Welsh berw (“boiling”), Latin fervēre, Albanian mbruaj (“to knead”), Russian бруя (brujá, “current”), Sanskrit भुर्वन् (bhurván, “motion of water”)).

From Wiktionary
Middle English brewen from Old English brēowan bhreu- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition