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| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : broo |
| Phonetic Transcription : bru |
Definition of brew
Origin :- Old English breowan "to brew" (class II strong verb, past tense breaw, past participle browen), from Proto-Germanic *breuwan "to brew" (cf. Old Norse brugga, Old Frisian briuwa, Middle Dutch brouwen, Old High German briuwan, German brauen "to brew"), from PIE root *bhreue- "to bubble, boil, effervesce" (cf. Sanskrit bhurnih "violent, passionate," Greek phrear "well, spring, cistern," Latin fervere "to boil, foam," Thracian Greek brytos "fermented liquor made from barley," Russian bruja "current," Old Irish bruth "heat;" Old English beorma "yeast;" Old High German brato "roast meat"), the original sense thus being "make a drink by boiling." Related: Brewed; brewing.
- noun concoction
- verb prepare by boiling
- verb plan, devise
- Why, marry, I can brew a bowl of punch, and I can broil a devilled fowl.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- He must brew, bake, salt and preserve his food, and pile wood and coal.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- "Ask again at the cottage at the top of the brew," he shouted.
- Extract from : « The Little Manx Nation - 1891 » by Hall Caine
- Among the brasseries in Paris this the most desirable to lovers of the Bohemian brew.
- Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
- This brew was good for fevers; and whisky was good for everything else.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
- Whatever the brew might be worth, the whisky certainly was efficacious.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
- Having doctored Haig with the whisky, he now turned to Marion with the brew.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
- From then on your face was associated in her mind with the whole hell's brew in the mirror.
- Extract from : « The Ideal » by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum
- Much may be said for Ale, when we brew it for our people honestly.
- Extract from : « Proserpina, Volume 1 » by John Ruskin
- She'd brew a tea from herbs and give to 'em to drink, and it always cured 'em.
- Extract from : « Slave Narratives, Oklahoma » by Various
Synonyms for brew
- beverage
- blend
- boil
- breed
- broth
- compound
- concoct
- contrive
- cook
- develop
- distillation
- drink
- excite
- ferment
- fermentation
- foment
- form
- gather
- hash
- hatch
- hodgepodge
- impend
- infuse
- infusion
- instillation
- liquor
- loom
- melange
- miscellany
- mishmash
- mixture
- mull
- plot
- potpourri
- preparation
- project
- scheme
- seethe
- soak
- start
- steep
- stew
- stir up
- weave
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