Brew
WordNet
noun
(1) Drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling
verb
(2) Sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor
"The tea is brewing"
(3) Prepare by brewing
"People have been brewing beer for thousands of years"
WiktionaryText
Verb
- To prepare (usually a beverage) by steeping and mingling; to concoct.
- William Shakespeare
- Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely.
- William Shakespeare
- To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to hatch.
- John Milton
- Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver!
- John Milton
- To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
- William Shakespeare
- I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour.
- William Shakespeare
- To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering.
- William Shakespeare
- There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest.
- William Shakespeare
- To boil or seethe; to cook.
Noun
- The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage.
- A beer.
- A cup of tea.
- The act of making a cup of tea.
- A hill.