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# brew

verb (brew, brews, brewed, brewing); noun (a brew, brews)

«brew» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To make beer by soaking, boiling and fermenting grain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brew/#m1)
2. To make tea or coffee by mixing it with hot water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brew/#m2)
3. (noun, UK, informal) A cup of tea: «fancy a brew?» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brew/#m3)
4. (verb) Of something bad, to be about to happen: a storm is brewing, trouble is brewing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brew/#m4)
5. (noun) A mixture, especially a strange one, like a witch's brew. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brew/#m5)

### In the lessons

In everyday UK and Irish talk, «put a brew on» means make a cup of tea. In stories, witches stir a brew in a cauldron, and trouble brews before a fight. In science, brewing uses yeast to turn sugar into alcohol and gas.

### Examples

- Gran brewed a pot of tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brew/#x1)
- Fancy a brew? I'll put the kettle on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brew/#x2)
- The witches stirred their bubbling brew. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brew/#x3)
- Dark clouds showed a storm was brewing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brew/#x4)
- I could tell trouble was brewing in the playground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brew/#x5)
- Monks used to brew beer in the abbey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brew/#x6)
- The moor-woman was at her brewing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brew/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: brewed. «A brew» meaning tea is UK/Ireland/Australia informal. Beer is for adults only.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «brew» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brew/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«brew» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/brew.html) on Mova free.