brew

See also: Brew

English

Etymology 1

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BREWCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰrewh₁-#BREW

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#BREWCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#BREW brewen, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#BREWCategory:English terms derived from Old English#BREW brēowan, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BREWCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BREW *breuwan, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#BREWCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#BREW *brewwaną, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BREW *bʰrewh₁-. Doublet of burnCategory:English doublets#BREW.

Cognate with Dutch brouwen, German brauen, Swedish brygga, Norwegian Bokmål brygge; also Ancient Greek φρέαρ (phréar, well), Latin fervēre (to be hot; to burn; to boil), Old Irish bruth (violent, boiling heat), Sanskrit भुर्वन् (bhurván, motion of water)Category:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#BREW. It may be related to English barley.

Pronunciation

Verb

brew (third-person singular simple present brews, present participle brewing, simple past and past participle brewed)Category:English lemmas#BREWCategory:English verbs#BREWCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BREWCategory:Pages with entries#BREWCategory:Pages with 6 entries#BREW

  1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BREW, intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BREW) To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.
  2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BREW) To heat wine, infusing it with spices; to mull.
  3. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BREW, intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BREW) To make a hot soup by combining ingredients and boiling them in water.
  4. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BREW, intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BREW) To make beer by steeping a starch source in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast.
  5. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BREW) To foment or prepare, as by brewing.
    Synonyms: contrive, plot, hatch
  6. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BREW) To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
  7. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BREW, of an unwelcome event) To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering.
  8. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BREW, obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#BREW) To boil or seethe; to cook.
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 6:
      She had one day to get up very early in the morning to brew, when the other servants said to her: 'You had better mind you don't get up too early, and you mustn't put any fire under the copper before two o'clock.'
      Category:English terms with quotations#BREW
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Noun

brew (plural brews)Category:English lemmas#BREWCategory:English nouns#BREWCategory:English countable nouns#BREWCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BREWCategory:Pages with entries#BREWCategory:Pages with 6 entries#BREW

  1. The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage, such as tea or beer.
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 529:
      Six great bottles of one of the Hong Kong brews had been brought to wash down the brandy and the fragments of rice and mee and meat-fibres that clung to the back teeth.
      Category:English terms with quotations#BREW
    1. (slangCategory:English slang#BREW) A serving of beer.
      Synonym: brewski
    2. (BritishCategory:British English#BREW, slangCategory:English slang#BREW) A cup of tea.
  2. A boiled concoction or mixture of liquids and other ingredients.
    • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 189:
      In the Middle Ages, when witchcraft and thaumaturgic practices were rampant over Europe, sorceresses did a roaring trade in magic brews designed to excite the passion or to preserve affection.
      Category:English terms with quotations#BREW
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Etymology 2

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#BREWCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#BREW brewe (eyebrow), from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#BREWCategory:English terms derived from Old English#BREW bru (eyebrow). Doublet of browCategory:English doublets#BREW.

Noun

brew (plural brews)Category:English lemmas#BREWCategory:English nouns#BREWCategory:English countable nouns#BREWCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BREWCategory:Pages with entries#BREWCategory:Pages with 6 entries#BREW

  1. (BritishCategory:British English#BREW, dialectCategory:English dialectal terms#BREW) An overhanging hill or cliff.
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Anagrams

Category:en:Beer#BREWCategory:en:Coffee#BREWCategory:en:Tea#BREW

Cornish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-CelticCategory:Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic#BREWCategory:Cornish terms derived from Proto-Celtic#BREW *bruseti, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Cornish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BREW *bʰrews- (to break). Cognate with Welsh briw.

Noun

brew m (plural brewyon)Category:Cornish lemmas#BREWCategory:Cornish nouns#BREWCategory:Cornish entries with incorrect language header#BREWCategory:Cornish masculine nouns#BREWCategory:Pages with entries#BREWCategory:Pages with 6 entries#BREW

  1. bruise

Adjective

brewCategory:Cornish lemmas#BREWCategory:Cornish adjectives#BREWCategory:Cornish entries with incorrect language header#BREWCategory:Pages with entries#BREWCategory:Pages with 6 entries#BREW

  1. bruised
  2. broken
  3. (baking) short

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of brew
radicalsoftaspiratehardmixed
brew vrew unchanged prew frew,
vrew*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Category:kw:Baking#BREW

Middle English

Verb

brewCategory:Middle English alternative forms#BREWCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#BREWCategory:Pages with entries#BREWCategory:Pages with 6 entries#BREW

  1. alternative form of brewen

Old Polish

Etymology

    Category:Old Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BREWCategory:Old Polish terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic#BREWCategory:Old Polish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#BREWCategory:Old Polish terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic#BREWCategory:Old Polish terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BREWCategory:Old Polish terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BREWCategory:Pages with etymology trees#BREWCategory:Old Polish entries with etymology trees#BREW

    Inherited from Proto-SlavicCategory:Old Polish terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BREWCategory:Old Polish terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BREW *bry. First attested in the 15th century

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    brew fCategory:Old Polish lemmas#BREWCategory:Old Polish nouns#BREWCategory:Old Polish entries with incorrect language header#BREWCategory:Old Polish feminine nouns#BREWCategory:Pages with entries#BREWCategory:Pages with 6 entries#BREW

    1. (attested in Greater PolandCategory:Greater Poland Old Polish#BREW) eyebrow; brow

    Descendants

    References

    Category:zlw-opl:Face#BREWCategory:zlw-opl:Hair#BREW

    Polish

    Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia pl

    Etymology

      Category:Polish terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BREWCategory:Polish terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic#BREWCategory:Polish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#BREWCategory:Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BREWCategory:Polish terms inherited from Old Polish#BREWCategory:Polish terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic#BREWCategory:Polish terms derived from Old Polish#BREWCategory:Polish terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BREWCategory:Pages with etymology trees#BREWCategory:Polish entries with etymology trees#BREW

      Inherited from Old PolishCategory:Polish terms inherited from Old Polish#BREWCategory:Polish terms derived from Old Polish#BREW brew.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      brew fCategory:Polish lemmas#BREWCategory:Polish nouns#BREWCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#BREWCategory:Polish feminine nouns#BREWCategory:Pages with entries#BREWCategory:Pages with 6 entries#BREW

      1. eyebrow; brow (hair, fur, or feathers that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket)
        1. (cosmeticsCategory:pl:Cosmetics#BREW) eyebrow; brow (imitation of such hair)
        2. (Middle PolishCategory:Middle Polish#BREW) synonym of wierzch / szczyt
      2. (Middle PolishCategory:Middle Polish#BREW) synonym of powieka
        1. (Middle PolishCategory:Middle Polish#BREW) synonym of rzęsa

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      Further reading

      Category:pl:Face#BREWCategory:pl:Hair#BREW

      Silesian

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

        Category:Silesian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#BREWCategory:Silesian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BREWCategory:Silesian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BREWCategory:Silesian terms inherited from Old Polish#BREWCategory:Silesian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic#BREWCategory:Silesian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic#BREWCategory:Silesian terms derived from Old Polish#BREWCategory:Silesian terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BREWCategory:Pages with etymology trees#BREWCategory:Silesian entries with etymology trees#BREW

        Inherited from Old PolishCategory:Silesian terms inherited from Old Polish#BREWCategory:Silesian terms derived from Old Polish#BREW brew.

        Pronunciation

        Noun

        brew fCategory:Silesian lemmas#BREWCategory:Silesian nouns#BREWCategory:Silesian entries with incorrect language header#BREWCategory:Silesian feminine nouns#BREWCategory:Pages with entries#BREWCategory:Pages with 6 entries#BREW

        1. eyebrow; brow (hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket)

        Further reading

        • brew in silling.org
        • Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022), “brew”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 66
        • Aleksandra Wencel (2023), “brew”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 77
        • Michał Przywara (c. 1900), “brew”, in Narzecza śląskie napisał ks. Michał Przywara. C. Słownik
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