- brew
- [[t]bru͟ː[/t]]
brews, brewing, brewed1) VERB If you brew tea or coffee, you make it by pouring hot water over tea leaves or ground coffee.
[V n] I'll get Venner to brew some tea...
[V n] He brewed a pot of coffee.
2) N-COUNT: usu with supp A brew is a particular kind of tea or coffee. It can also be a particular pot of tea or coffee.She swallowed a mouthful of the hot strong brew, and wiped her eyes.
...a mild herbal brew.
3) VERB If a person or company brews beer, they make it.[V n] I brew my own beer...
[V n] The beer is brewed at the Charles Wells Brewery.
Derived words:brewing N-UNCOUNT...the brewing of home-made alcohol.
4) N-COUNT: usu with supp A brew is a particular kind of beer or beer that is produced in a particular place at a particular time.→ See also home-brewBritons still consume more than 29 million pints a day, ranging over 1,000 or more different brews.
...low-alcohol brews.
5) VERB: usu cont If a storm is brewing, large clouds are beginning to form and the sky is becoming dark because there is going to be a storm.We'd seen the storm brewing when we were out in the boat.
6) VERB: usu cont If an unpleasant or difficult situation is brewing, it is starting to develop.At home a crisis was brewing...
There's trouble brewing.
7) N-COUNT: usu sing, N of n A brew of several things is a mixture of those things.Most cities generate a complex brew of pollutants.
...a potent brew of smooth salesmanship and amateur psychiatry.
Phrasal Verbs:- brew up
English dictionary. 2008.
