I. brew 1 /bruː/ BrE AmE verb
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: breowan ]
1 . [transitive] to make beer:
Every beer on the menu was brewed locally.
2 . [intransitive] if a drink of tea or coffee is brewing, the taste is getting into the hot water:
He read the paper while the tea brewed.
3 . [transitive] to make a drink of tea or coffee:
freshly brewed coffee
4 . be brewing
a) if something unpleasant is brewing, it will happen soon:
There’s trouble brewing in the office.
b) if a storm is brewing, it will happen soon
brew up phrasal verb British English informal
to make a drink of tea
II. brew 2 BrE AmE noun
1 . [countable] especially British English a drink that is brewed, especially tea
2 . [uncountable and countable] American English beer, or a can or glass of beer:
a cold brew in a frosty glass
3 . [countable usually singular] a combination of different things
brew of
The band played a strange brew of rock, jazz, and country music.
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