brew

English

Etymology

Middle English brewen, from Old English brēowan, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreuh₁-, *bʰreh₁u- (compare Welsh berw (“boiling”), Latin fervēre, Albanian mbruaj (“to knead”), Russian бруя (brujá, “current”), Sanskrit भुर्वन् (bhurván, “motion of water”)).

Pronunciation

• enPR: bro͞o, IPA: /bruː/, X-SAMPA: /bru:/
• Rhymes: -uː

Verb

brew (third-person singular simple present brews, present participle brewing, simple past and past participle brewed)

1. (transitive) To prepare (usually a beverage) by steeping and mingling; to concoct.
   • William Shakespeare

     Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely.

2. (transitive) To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to hatch.
   • John Milton

     Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver!

3. (intransitive) To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
   • William Shakespeare

     I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour.

4. (intransitive) To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering.
   • William Shakespeare

     There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest.

   • 2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham”, BBC:

     Grant may have considered that only a performance of the very highest quality could keep him in a job - and the way his players started the game gave the 55-year-old shelter from the storm that was brewing.

5. (transitive, obsolete) To boil or seethe; to cook.

Translations

to prepare liquor

• Bulgarian: смесвам (bg) (smesvam), забърквам (bg) (zabǎrkvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 酿造 (cmn) (niángzào)

• Czech: vařit pivo (about beer)
• Danish: brygge (da)
• Dutch: brouwen (nl)
• French: brasser (fr)
• German: brauen (de)

• Hungarian: főz (hu)
• Jèrriais: brachi
• Korean: 양조하다 (ko) (yangjohada)
• Polish: warzyć (pl)
• Spanish: fermentar (es), destilar (es)
• Swedish: brygga (sv)
• Welsh: bragu (cy)

to be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering

• Bulgarian: приготвям (bg) (prigotvjam)
• German: sich zusammenbrauen
• Russian: заваривать (ru) (zavárivatʹ)

• Spanish: hirviendo (es), fermentando (es)
• Swahili: chebuka (sw)

Noun

brew (plural brews)

1. The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage.
2. (slang) A beer.
3. (UK, New Zealand) A cup of tea.
4. (UK, New Zealand) The act of making a cup of tea.
5. (UK, informal) A hill.

Translations

something brewed

• Dutch: brouwsel (nl) n
• Spanish: destilado (es) m

• Swahili: chebuka (sw)
• Swedish: brygd (sv) c

Derived terms

• brewage
• brewer
• brewhouse

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bry, *brъve, from Proto-Indo-European *bhrū

Pronunciation

• IPA: [brɛf]

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Noun

brew f

1. eyebrow

Declension

    declension of brew

	singular	plural
nominative	brew	brwi
genitive	brwi	brwi
dative	brwi	brwiom
accusative	brew	brwi
instrumental	brwią	brwiami
locative	brwi	brwiach
vocative	brwi	brwi