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   brew

   /bruː/

   verb

   • 1. make (beer) by soaking, boiling, and fermentation: "within five years the company will brew as much beer in China as in Australia" Similar fermentmake
   • 2. make (tea or coffee) by mixing it with hot water: "I've just brewed some coffee" Similar prepareinfusemakemastinfusebe in preparationstewinformal:mashmast
   • ▪ make tea: informal British "he insisted on sitting us down and then went to brew up"
   • 3. (of an unwelcome event or situation) begin to develop: "there was more trouble brewing as the miners went on strike" Similar developgather forceloombe closebe ominously closebe on the waybe on the horizonbe in the offingbe in the wingsbe imminentbe threateningbe impendingimpendbe just around the corner

   noun

   • 1. a kind of beer: "small breweries which are able to offer rare brews" Similar beerale
   • ▪ a glass or can of beer: informal "he dug a brew out from the cooler and flipped the ringtop"
   • 2. a cup or mug of tea or coffee: "she took a sip of the hot reviving brew" Similar drinkteacoffeeformal:beverage
   • 3. a mixture of events, people, or things which interact to form a more potent whole: "a dangerous brew of political turmoil and violent conflict" Similar mixturemixblendcombinationcompoundamalgamconcoctionpot-pourrimelange

   Word Origin Old Englishbrēowan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch brouwen and German brauen.

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