brewing > define

noun

• The production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast.

verb

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

• (n.) The quantity brewed at once.
• (n.) A gathering or forming of a storm or squall, indicated by thick, dark clouds.
• (n.) A mixing together.
• (n.) The act or process of preparing liquors which are brewed, as beer and ale.
• (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Brew.