Thesaurus: brew

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1. v. t. To boil or seethe; to cook.
2. v. t. To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation.
3. v. t. To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct.
4. v. t. To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief.
5. v. i. To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
6. v. i. To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; as, a storm brews in the west.
7. n. The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed.
8. n. drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling
9. v. prepare by brewing
10. v. sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor
11. 1. To boil or seethe; to cook. [Obs.] 2. To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation. "She brews good ale." Shak. 3. To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct. Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely. Shak. 4. To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief. Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver! Milton. 1. To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer. I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour. Shak. 2. To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; as, a storm brews in the west. There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest. Shak. The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. Bacon.
12. The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. Bacon.