Dictionary
brew
Meaning
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- To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.
- To heat wine, infusing it with spices; to mull.
- To make a hot soup by combining ingredients and boiling them in water.
- To make beer by steeping a starch source in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast.
- To foment or prepare, as by brewing
- To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
- To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering.
- (obsolete) To boil or seethe; to cook.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɹuː/
Cognate with Dutch
brouwen
Cognate with German
brauen
Cognate with Latin
ferveo
Cognate with English
barley
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