brew

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive, transitive) To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.
2. (transitive) To heat wine, infusing it with spices; to mull.
3. (intransitive, transitive) To make a hot soup by combining ingredients and boiling them in water.
4. (intransitive, transitive) To make beer by steeping a starch source in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast.
5. (transitive) To foment or prepare, as by brewing.
6. (intransitive) To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
7. (intransitive) To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering.
8. (obsolete, transitive) To boil or seethe; to cook.

Noun

1. The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage, such as tea or beer.
2. (slang) The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage, such as tea or beer.
3. (British, slang) The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage, such as tea or beer.
4. A boiled concoction or mixture of liquids and other ingredients.

Noun

An overhanging hill or cliff.

Synonyms

ferment

infuse

prepare

boil

distill

breed

brewage

brewing

predict

make

foresee

potion

forecast

foment

foretell

cook

🧑‍🍳

emulsion

engineer

excommunication

fix

form

fuck

👉👌

get ready

give rise to

hump

incubate

infusion

lay

liquor

lodge

mash

mediate

mix

mixture

originate

paste

plan

poach

poultice

pound

💷

prime

put

repose

screw

set

start

steep

stew

🍲

stick

make coffee

Translations

brasser

brauen

gären

aufbrühen

brouwsel

kochen

🧑‍🍳

cuire

🧑‍🍳

brouwen

faire naître

aushecken

ausbrüten

faire infuser

fermenter

causer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɹuː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: brewen

Inherited from Old English: brēowan

Cognate with Dutch: brouwen

Cognate with German: brauen

Cognate with Swedish: brygga

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: brygge

Cognate with Ancient Greek: φρέαρ

Cognate with Latin: ferveo

Cognate with Old Irish: bruth

Cognate with Sanskrit: भुर्वन्

Cognate with English: barley

Inherited from Middle English: brewe

Inherited from Old English: bru

In summary

From Middle English brewen, from Old English brēowan, from Proto-West Germanic *breuwan, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-. Doublet of burn.
Cognate with
Dutch brouwen, German brauen, Swedish brygga, Norwegian Bokmål brygge; also Ancient Greek φρέαρ (phréar, “well”), Latin fervēre (“to be hot; to burn; to boil”), Old Irish bruth (“violent, boiling heat”), Sanskrit भुर्वन् (bhurván, “motion of water”). It may be related to English barley.

Sentences

You cannot brew tea in a cold pot .