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To make (ale or beer) from malt and hops by infusion, boiling, and fermentation.
(verb-transitive)
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To make (a beverage) by boiling, steeping, or mixing various ingredients: brew tea.
(verb-transitive)
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To concoct; devise: brew a plot to overthrow the government.
(verb-transitive)
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To make ale or beer as an occupation.
(verb-intransitive)
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To be made by boiling or steeping: As the coffee brewed, I paced in the kitchen.
(verb-intransitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.