brew : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: brew	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brew n drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling Synonym(s): brew, brewage v prepare by brewing; "people have been brewing beer for thousands of years" sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor; "the tea is brewing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brew \Brew\, n. The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brew \Brew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brewed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brewing}.] [OE. brewen, AS. bre[a2]wan; akin to D. brouwen, OHG. priuwan, MHG. briuwen, br[?]wen, G. brauen, Icel. brugga, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and perh. to L. defrutum must boiled down, Gr. [?] (for [?]?) 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.] 2. To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation. [bd]She brews good ale.[b8] --Shak. 3. To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct. Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely. --Shak. 4. To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief. Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver! --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brew \Brew\, v. i. 1. To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer. I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour. --Shak. 2. To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; as, a storm brews in the west. There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest. --Shak.