BREW


Meaning of BREW in English

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( brews, brewing, brewed)

1.

If you brew tea or coffee, you make it by pouring hot water over tea leaves or ground coffee.

I’ll get Venner to brew some tea...

VERB : V n

2.

A brew is a particular kind of tea or coffee. It can also be a particular pot of tea or coffee.

...a mild herbal brew.

N-COUNT : usu with supp

3.

If a person or company brews beer, they make it.

I brew my own beer...

VERB : V n

• brew‧ing

...the brewing of home-made alcohol.

N-UNCOUNT

4.

If a storm is brewing , large clouds are beginning to form and the sky is becoming dark because there is going to be a storm.

We’d seen the storm brewing when we were out in the boat.

VERB : usu cont , V

5.

If an unpleasant or difficult situation is brewing , it is starting to develop.

At home a crisis was brewing...

There’s trouble brewing.

VERB : usu cont , V , V

6.

A brew of several things is a mixture of those things.

Most cities generate a complex brew of pollutants.

...a potent brew of smooth salesmanship and amateur psychiatry.

N-COUNT : usu sing , N of n

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.