brew

9 definitions • 8 examples

to make beer

If you brew tea or coffee, you add boiling water to it to make a hot drink, and if it brews, it gradually develops flavour in the container in which it was made:

[ + two objects ] He brewed us some coffee./He brewed some coffee for us.

If an unpleasant situation or a storm is brewing, you feel that it is about to happen:

It was too quiet - I felt that trouble was brewing.

A storm was brewing in the distance.

a type of beer, especially one made in a particular place or at a particular time

a drink of tea or a drink of beer:

Make us a brew, Bren.

a mixture of several things:

They gave her a strange brew to drink.

War, with its fear, its deprivation, its excitement and violence makes for a very heady brew (= powerful combination).

(of tea or coffee) to become stronger in taste in the container in which it is made, or to make a hot drink or beer:

[ T ] He’s working on a new way to brew the perfect cup of coffee.

If something bad is brewing, it is about to start:

[ I ] I felt that trouble was brewing.

beer or another drink made by brewing