brew
/bɹu/ verb C1- To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.
- To heat wine, infusing it with spices; to mull.
- To make a hot soup by combining ingredients and boiling them in water.
- To make beer by steeping a starch source in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast.
- To foment or prepare, as by brewing.
- To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
- To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering.
He/she/it brews · Past brewed · Past participle brewed · -ing form brewing
Verb forms
- Base form
- brew
- He/she/it
- brews
- Past
- brewed
- Past participle
- brewed
- -ing form
- brewing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Sire, I have every reason to believe that a storm is brewing in the south.”
“There’s foul play somewhere, and there’s black villainy brewing, to that I’ll swear!
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