brewing

4 definitions • 3 examples

present participle of

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.