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brew

(bro͞o)

v. brewed, brew·ing, brews

v.tr.

1. To make (ale or beer) from malt and hops by infusion, boiling, and fermentation.

2. To make (a beverage) by boiling, steeping, or mixing various ingredients: brew tea.

3. To concoct; devise: brew a plot to overthrow the government.

v.intr.

1. To make ale or beer as an occupation.

2. To be made by boiling or steeping: As the coffee brewed, I paced in the kitchen.

3. To be imminent; impend: "storms brewing on every frontier" (John Dos Passos).

a. A beverage made by brewing.

b. A serving of such a beverage.

2. Something produced as if by brewing; a mix: Their politics were a strange brew of idealism and self-interest.

[Middle English brewen, from Old English brēowan; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]

brew′age n.

brew′er n.

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brew

(bruː)

1. (Brewing) to make (beer, ale, etc) from malt and other ingredients by steeping, boiling, and fermentation

2. (Cookery) to prepare (a drink, such as tea) by boiling or infusing

3. (tr) to devise or plan: to brew a plot.

4. (Cookery) (intr) to be in the process of being brewed: the tea was brewing in the pot.

5. (intr) to be impending or forming: there's a storm brewing.

6. (Brewing) a beverage produced by brewing, esp tea or beer: a strong brew.

7. (Brewing) an instance or time of brewing: last year's brew.

8. a mixture: an eclectic brew of mysticism and political discontent.

[Old English brēowan; related to Old Norse brugga, Old Saxon breuwan, Old High German briuwan]

ˈbrewer n

brew

(bruː)

(Physical Geography) dialect Northern English a hill

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brew

(bru)
v.t.

1. to make (beer, ale, etc.) by steeping, boiling, and fermenting malt and hops.

2. to prepare (tea, coffee, etc.) by boiling, steeping, or the like.

3. to contrive, plan, or bring about: to brew mischief.

v.i.

4. to make beer or ale.

5. to boil, steep, soak, or cook.

6. a quantity brewed in a single process.

7. a brewed beverage.

8. any concoction, esp. a liquid produced by a mixture of unusual ingredients: a witches' brew.

9. Informal. beer or ale.

[before 900; Middle English; Old English brēowan]

brew′er, n.

brew

Past participle: brewed
Gerund: brewing

Imperative
brew
brew

Present
I brew
you brew
he/she/it brews
we brew
you brew
they brew

Preterite
I brewed
you brewed
he/she/it brewed
we brewed
you brewed
they brewed

Present Continuous
I am brewing
you are brewing
he/she/it is brewing
we are brewing
you are brewing
they are brewing

Present Perfect
I have brewed
you have brewed
he/she/it has brewed
we have brewed
you have brewed
they have brewed

Past Continuous
I was brewing
you were brewing
he/she/it was brewing
we were brewing
you were brewing
they were brewing

Past Perfect
I had brewed
you had brewed
he/she/it had brewed
we had brewed
you had brewed
they had brewed

Future
I will brew
you will brew
he/she/it will brew
we will brew
you will brew
they will brew

Future Perfect
I will have brewed
you will have brewed
he/she/it will have brewed
we will have brewed
you will have brewed
they will have brewed

Future Continuous
I will be brewing
you will be brewing
he/she/it will be brewing
we will be brewing
you will be brewing
they will be brewing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been brewing
you have been brewing
he/she/it has been brewing
we have been brewing
you have been brewing
they have been brewing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been brewing
you will have been brewing
he/she/it will have been brewing
we will have been brewing
you will have been brewing
they will have been brewing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been brewing
you had been brewing
he/she/it had been brewing
we had been brewing
you had been brewing
they had been brewing

Conditional
I would brew
you would brew
he/she/it would brew
we would brew
you would brew
they would brew

Past Conditional
I would have brewed
you would have brewed
he/she/it would have brewed
we would have brewed
you would have brewed
they would have brewed

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Noun	1.	brew - drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling brewage alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant - a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" beer - a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops kvass - fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or barley mead - made of fermented honey and water cassiri - a drink resembling beer; made from fermented cassava juice spruce beer - a brew made by fermenting molasses and other sugars with the sap of spruce trees (sometimes with malt)
Verb	1.	brew - prepare by brewing; "people have been brewing beer for thousands of years" create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch
	2.	brew - sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor; "the tea is brewing" imbue, soak - fill, soak, or imbue totally; "soak the bandage with disinfectant"

brew

verb

1. boil, make, soak, steep, stew, infuse (tea) He brewed a pot of coffee.

2. make, ferment, prepare by fermentation I brew my own beer.

3. start, develop, gather, loom, be on the way, be imminent, foment, be just around the corner, gather force, be impending At home a crisis was brewing.

4. develop, form, gather, loom, be imminent, foment, be impending We'd seen the storm brewing when we were out on the boat.

noun

1. drink, preparation, mixture, blend, liquor, beverage, infusion, concoction, fermentation, distillation a mild herbal brew

2. blend, compound, fusion, concoction, potpourri, admixture Most cities generate a potent brew of pollutants.

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brew

verb

To be imminent:

hang over, impend, loom, lower, menace, overhang, threaten.

Translations

تَهَبُّيخمّـر البيره، يَنْقَعيَنْقَعُ الشّاي

chystat sevařit

bryggefremstillelave

brauen sich zusammenbrauen zubereiten abkommen

avecinarse elaborar bebidas fermentadas preparar prepararse

brasser

fõzkészítkészülkészülõdik

bruggagera te, hella upp ávera í aîsigi

essere in infusione fabbricare fermentare mistura prepararsi

alaus daryklaaludarisdarytitelktisužplikyti

brūvēttuvotiesuzliet

brygge brygge på lage te trekke opp trekke te osv

вар

bira yapmakdemlemekhazırlanmak

图谋沏茶调制饮料酝酿酿造

brew

[bruː]

A. N [of beer] → variedad f (de cerveza); [of tea, herbs] → infusión f

B. VT

1. [+ beer] → elaborar; [+ tea] → hacer, preparar

2. (fig) [+ scheme, mischief] → tramar

C. VI

1. [beer] → elaborarse; [tea] → hacerse

2. (fig) [storm] → avecinarse; [plot] → tramarse
there's trouble brewing → algo se está tramando

brew up VI + ADV (Brit) → preparar el té

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brew

[ˈbruː]

[+ tea] → faire infuser

[+ coffee] → préparer

[+ beer] → brasser

[tea] → infuser

[coffee] → passer

[beer] → fermenter

[crisis, storm] → se préparer, couver

n → infusion f

brew

(= beer) → Bräu nt, → Bier nt

(of tea) → Tee m, → Gebräu nt (iro); (of herbs) → Kräutermischung f ? witches’ brew

beer, ale → brauen; tea → aufbrühen, aufgießen, kochen

(fig) scheme, mischief, plot → ausbrüten, aushecken; to brew a plot → ein Komplott schmieden

(beer) → gären; (tea) → ziehen

(= make beer) → brauen

(fig) there’s trouble/a storm brewing (up) → da braut sich ein Konflikt/ein Sturm zusammen; there’s something brewing → da braut sich etwas zusammen

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brew

[bruː]

1. n (of beer) → fermentazione f; (of tea, herbs) → infuso
a strong brew (of beer) → una qualità forte (of tea) → un tè forte

2. vt (beer) → produrre; (tea, coffee) → fare; (herbs) → fare un infuso di (fig) (scheme, mischief) → macchinare, tramare

3. vi (beer) → fermentare; (tea) → farsi (fig) (storm, crisis) → prepararsi; (plot) → ordirsi
there's trouble brewing → c'è aria di burrasca
something's brewing → qualcosa bolle in pentola

brew up vi + adv (Brit)

a. (make tea) → preparare il tè
I'll be brewing up about ten → preparerò il tè verso le dieci

b. (storm, dispute) → prepararsi
a big storm was brewing up → si preparava un grosso temporale

brew

(bruː) verb

1. to make (beer, ale etc). He brews beer at home.

2. to make (tea etc). She brewed another pot of tea.

3. to prepare. There's a storm brewing.

ˈbrewer noun

ˈbrewery – plural ˈbreweries – noun

a place for brewing beer etc.

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A man's wit, however, is quick and inventive in the wilderness; a thought suggested itself to the captain, how he might brew a delectable beverage.

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Men made the brew for him, and he paid them in money.

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`Forthwith Medea made Aeson a sweet young boy and stripped his old age from him by her cunning skill, when she had made a brew of many herbs in her golden cauldrons.'

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"Better not try to brew beer there now, or it would turn out sour, boy; don't you think so?"

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Yea, verily, hearts alive, we'd brew choice punch in the spread of his spout-hole there, and from that live punch-bowl quaff the living stuff!

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Then Captain Jim would brew them tea and tell them "tales of land and sea And whatsoever might betide The great forgotten world outside."

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Apart from the one fundamental nastiness the luckless mouse succeeds in creating around it so many other nastinesses in the form of doubts and questions, adds to the one question so many unsettled questions that there inevitably works up around it a sort of fatal brew, a stinking mess, made up of its doubts, emotions, and of the contempt spat upon it by the direct men of action who stand solemnly about it as judges and arbitrators, laughing at it till their healthy sides ache.

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There's a very pretty brew in tap at The Pure Drop--though, to be sure, not so good as at Rolliver's."

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The good woman set oat-bread before me and a cold grouse, patting my shoulder and smiling to me all the time, for she had no English; and the old gentleman (not to be behind) brewed me a strong punch out of their country spirit.

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Another time she would have stilled the cravings for food until reaching her own home, where she would have brewed herself a cup of tea and taken a snack of anything that was available.

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That must have been the strongest brandy and soda that was ever brewed, to send me off like that."

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I had learned more expensive brews. Not for years had I drunk steam beer; but when I had, I had drunk with men, and I guessed I could show these youngsters some ability in beer-guzzling.