Dictionary  brewPronunciation: (brOO), [key] —v.t. 1. to make (beer, ale, etc.) by steeping, boiling, and fermenting malt and hops. 2. to make or prepare (a beverage, as tea) by mixing, steeping, soaking, or boiling a solid in water. 3. to concoct, mix, or cook (a beverage or food, esp. one containing unmeasured or unusual ingredients): She brewed a pot of soup from the leftovers. 4. to contrive, plan, or bring about: to brew mischief. —v.i. 1. to make a fermented alcoholic malt beverage, as beer or ale. 2. to boil, steep, soak, or cook: Wait until the tea brews. 3. be brewing, to be forming or gathering; be in preparation: Trouble was brewing. —n. 1. a quantity brewed in a single process. 2. a particular brewing or variety of malt liquor. 3. a hot beverage made by cooking a solid in water, esp. tea or coffee. 4. any concoction, esp. a liquid produced by a mixture of unusual ingredients: a witches' brew. 5. Informal. a. beer or ale. b. an individual serving of beer or ale: Let's have a few brews after the game. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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