■ verb
1》 make (beer) by soaking, boiling, and fermentation.
2》 make (tea or coffee) by mixing it with hot water.
3》 (of an unwelcome situation) begin to develop.
■ noun
1》 a kind of beer.
2》 informal a drink of tea.
Derivatives
~er noun
Origin
OE brēowan , of Gmc origin.