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Synonyms for brew

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : broo
Phonetic Transcription : bru

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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