brew > define

noun

• Drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling.
  • synonyms: brewage

verb

• Prepare by brewing.
  • usage: "people have been brewing beer for thousands of years"
• Sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor.
  • usage: "the tea is brewing"

• (v.t.) To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief.
• (v.t.) To boil or seethe; to cook.
• (v.i.) To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming or gathering; as, a storm brews in the west.
• (v.t.) To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation.
• (v.t.) To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct.
• (n.) The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed.
• (v.i.) To attend to the business or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.