brew: Meaning and Definition of

brew

1. to make (beer, ale, etc.) by steeping, boiling, and fermenting malt and hops.
2. to make or prepare (a beverage, as tea) by mixing, steeping, soaking, or boiling a solid in water.
3. to concoct, mix, or cook (a beverage or food, esp. one containing unmeasured or unusual ingredients): She brewed a pot of soup from the leftovers.
4. to contrive, plan, or bring about: to brew mischief.

1. to make a fermented alcoholic malt beverage, as beer or ale.
2. to boil, steep, soak, or cook: Wait until the tea brews.
3. to be forming or gathering; be in preparation: Trouble was brewing.

1. a quantity brewed in a single process.
2. a particular brewing or variety of malt liquor.
3. a hot beverage made by cooking a solid in water, esp. tea or coffee.
4. any concoction, esp. a liquid produced by a mixture of unusual ingredients: a witches' brew.
5. Let's have a few brews after the game.
1. beer or ale.
2. an individual serving of beer or ale:Let's have a few brews after the game.