brew
[verb]
Synonyms:
- make (beer), boil, ferment, infuse (tea), soak, steep, stew
- develop, foment, form, gather, start, stir up
[noun]
Synonyms:
- drink, beverage, blend, concoction, infusion, liquor, mixture, preparation

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. brew¹ /bruː/ verb
[Language: Old English; Origin: breowan]

1. [transitive] to make beer:
Every beer on the menu was brewed locally.

2. [intransitive] if a drink of tea or coffee is brewing, the taste is getting into the hot water:
He read the paper while the tea brewed.

3. [transitive] to make a drink of tea or coffee:
freshly brewed coffee

4. be brewing
a) if something unpleasant is brewing, it will happen soon:
There’s trouble brewing in the office.
b) if a storm is brewing, it will happen soon
brew up phrasal verb British English informal
to make a drink of tea

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. brew² noun

1. [countable] especially British English a drink that is brewed, especially tea

2. [uncountable and countable] American English beer, or a can or glass of beer:
a cold brew in a frosty glass

3. [countable usually singular] a combination of different things
brew of
The band played a strange brew of rock, jazz, and country music.
⇒ home brew

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

brew
bru:
See: home brew

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲