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31brew — 1 verb 1 (T) to make beer 2 (I, T) if tea or coffee brews or you brew it, you pour boiling water over it to make it ready to drink 3 (I) if something unpleasant is brewing, it will happen soon: There s trouble brewing at work. brew up phrasal… …
32brew up — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms brew up : present tense I/you/we/they brew up he/she/it brews up present participle brewing up past tense brewed up past participle brewed up informal 1) to create a situation that causes… …
33brew — [[t]bru[/t]] v. t. 1) vin to make (beer, ale, etc.) by steeping, boiling, and fermenting malt and hops 2) coo to prepare (tea, coffee, etc.) by boiling, steeping, or the like 3) to contrive, plan, or bring about: to brew mischief[/ex] 4) vin to… …
34brew-ha — [“bruha] n. brew; a beer. □ One brew ha over here, innkeeper! □ How ’bout some brew ha, Mike? …
35brew — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English brēowan; akin to Latin fervēre to boil more at barm Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to prepare (as beer or ale) by steeping, boiling, and fermentation or by infusion and… …
36brew — brewer, n. /brooh/, v.t. 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… …
37brew — verb Brew is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑tea Brew is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ale, ↑beer, ↑coffee, ↑pot, ↑tea …
38brew — I n. (a) home brew II v. (C) she brewed some tea for us; or: she brewed us some tea * * * [bruː] or: she brewed us some tea (C) she brewed some tea for us (a) home brew …
39brew-up — n. (BE) making tea to have a brew up * * * [ bruːʌp] (BE) [ making tea ] to have a brew up …
40brew — [OE] The ancestral meaning of brew has basically to do with ‘heat’. It comes from an Indo European base *bhreu or *bhru, which is also the source of Latin fervēre ‘boil’, from which we get fervent, ferment, and the second syllable of comfrey.… …
