Meaning & use
Brew
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To make a drink such as beer, tea, or coffee by soaking, boiling, or fermenting ingredients; also used as a noun for the resulting drink.
See it in a sentence
She brews her own coffee every morning before work.
The pub is known for its locally brewed ales.
A note on using this word
Figuratively, "brewing" can also describe something building up gradually and about to erupt, as in "a storm was brewing."
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A drink made by brewing, especially beer, or a mixture of ideas or feelings developing together.
Trouble was brewing between the two rival gangs.
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