'BREW' definitions:
Definition of 'brew'
From: WordNet
noun
Drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling [syn: brew, brewage]
verb
Prepare by brewing; "people have been brewing beer for thousands of years"
verb
Sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor; "the tea is brewing"
Definition of 'Brew'
From: GCIDE
- Brew \Brew\, n. The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Brew'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Brew'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'brew'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alcohol,
- alcoholic beverage,
- alcoholic drink,
- ale,
- angle,
- approach,
- aqua vitae,
- ardent spirits,
- await,
- bake,
- barbecue,
- baste,
- bathe,
- be imminent,
- be in store,
- beer,
- begin,
- besprinkle,
- beverage,
- bitters,
- blanch,
- blast,
- blossom,
- blow,
- blow a hurricane,
- blow great guns,
- blow over,
- blow up,
- bluster,
- bock beer,
- boil,
- bootleg,
- booze,
- braise,
- breathe,
- breeze,
- breeze up,
- bring about,
- broil,
- brown,
- burgeon,
- cabal,
- cause,
- coddle,
- collude,
- color,
- combination,
- come on,
- come up,
- complot,
- compose,
- composition,
- compound,
- concoct,
- concoction,
- confection,
- confront,
- connive,
- conspire,
- contrive,
- cook,
- cook up,
- countermine,
- counterplot,
- curry,
- decoct,
- decoction,
- decoctum,
- develop,
- devil,
- devise,
- distill,
- do,
- do to perfection,
- douche,
- draw near,
- draw nigh,
- draw on,
- dredge,
- drench,
- drink,
- drouk,
- dye,
- engineer,
- entincture,
- face,
- ferment,
- finagle,
- finesse,
- fire,
- fix up,
- flavor,
- flourish,
- flush,
- form,
- forthcome,
- frame,
- frame up,
- freshen,
- fricassee,
- frizz,
- frizzle,
- fry,
- gather,
- germinate,
- get up,
- go on,
- griddle,
- grill,
- grog,
- grow,
- grow up,
- half-and-half,
- hang over,
- hard liquor,
- hash,
- hatch,
- hatch a plot,
- hatch up,
- heat,
- hodgepodge,
- hover,
- huff,
- hypertrophy,
- imbrue,
- imbue,
- impend,
- impregnate,
- increase,
- inebriant,
- infiltrate,
- infuse,
- inject,
- instill,
- intoxicant,
- intoxicating liquor,
- intrigue,
- John Barleycorn,
- jumble,
- lager beer,
- lave,
- lay a plot,
- leach,
- leaven,
- lie over,
- light beer,
- liquor,
- little brown jug,
- lixiviate,
- loom,
- lower,
- macerate,
- machinate,
- make,
- make up,
- malt liquor,
- maneuver,
- mature,
- mead,
- medley,
- melange,
- menace,
- mishmash,
- mix,
- mixture,
- moonlight,
- moonshine,
- mushroom,
- near,
- near beer,
- operate,
- outgrow,
- oven-bake,
- overdevelop,
- overgrow,
- overhang,
- overtop,
- pan,
- pan-broil,
- parboil,
- pastiche,
- penetrate,
- percolate,
- permeate,
- pervade,
- Pilsner,
- pipe up,
- plan,
- plot,
- poach,
- porter,
- potable,
- potation,
- potpourri,
- prepare,
- prepare food,
- procreate,
- produce,
- puff,
- pullulate,
- pulque,
- punch bowl,
- put together,
- rage,
- reproduce,
- rig,
- rinse,
- roast,
- rum,
- sake,
- salad,
- saturate,
- saute,
- scallop,
- scheme,
- schnapps,
- sear,
- season,
- seethe,
- set in,
- shirr,
- shoot up,
- simmer,
- soak,
- social lubricant,
- sodden,
- sop,
- souse,
- spirits,
- spring up,
- sprout,
- sprout up,
- squall,
- start,
- steam,
- steep,
- stew,
- stir-fry,
- storm,
- stout,
- strong drink,
- strong waters,
- suffuse,
- tea,
- temper,
- the bottle,
- the cup,
- the Demon Rum,
- the flowing bowl,
- the luscious liquor,
- the ruddy cup,
- threaten,
- thrive,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- toast,
- tower,
- toxicant,
- transfuse,
- upshoot,
- upspear,
- upspring,
- upsprout,
- vegetate,
- waft,
- wangle,
- wash,
- water of life,
- waterlog,
- wax,
- whiff,
- whiffle
Acronyms for 'BREW'
From: V.E.R.A.
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