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Noun: brew  broo
  1. Drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling
    - brewage
     
  2. A hot drink, esp. tea or coffee
     
  3. A mixture
    "the capital is a strange brew of quirkiness, crowds and traffic chaos"
Verb: brew  broo
  1. Prepare by brewing
    "people have been brewing beer for thousands of years"
     
  2. Sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavour
    "the tea is brewing";
    - mash [UK, dialect]

Derived forms: brewed, brews, brewing

Type of: alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, booze [informal], create from raw material, create from raw stuff, imbue, inebriant, intoxicant, juice [N. Amer, informal], soak

Encyclopedia: Brew, Paul