brew
English
/bɹuː/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To make tea or coffee by mixing tea tea leaves or coffee coffee beans with hot water.
- (transitive) To heat wine, infusing it with spices; to mull.
- (transitive) To make a hot soup by combining ingredients and boiling them in water.
- (transitive) To make beer by steeping a starch source in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast.
- (transitive) To foment or prepare, as by brewing
- (intransitive) To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
- (intransitive) To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering.
- (transitive) To boil or seethe; to cook.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English brewen inherited from Old English brēowan (brew) inherited from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną (brew) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (boil, brew, seethe, be hot, boil up, sprout, ferment, roil), *bʰrewh₁- (boil, brew, seethe, be hot, boil up, sprout, ferment, roil).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰrewh₁-
Gloss
boil, brew, seethe, be hot, boil up, sprout, ferment, roil
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
醸
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- barley English
- barleycorn English
- barleylike English
- barleymeal English
- bere English
- brewable English
- brewage English
- breweriana English
- brewery English
- brewest English
- breweth English
- brewfest English
- brewhouse English
- brewing English
- brewmaster English
- brewology English
- brewpub English
- brewski English
- home English
- homebrew English
- homebrewer English
- house English
- macrobrew English
- macrobrewery English
- master English
- megabrew English
- microbrew English
- microbrewery English
- microbrewing English
- minibrewery English
- misbrew English
- nanobrew English
- nanobrewery English
- nonbarley English
- nonbrewing English
- pub English
- rebrew English
- superbrewery English
- bryka Finnish
- *fervere Latin
- Furina Latin
- brado Latin
- dēfervēscere Latin
- dēfrutum Latin
- ferveo Latin
- fervēre Latin
- fretale Latin
- frutex Latin
- Brauhaus German
- Brauhefe German
- brauen German
- zusammenbrauen German
- brouwen Dutch, Flemish
- brouwer Dutch, Flemish
- brouwerij Dutch, Flemish
- brouwhuis Dutch, Flemish
- brouwsel Dutch, Flemish
- embrouiller French
- phréatique French
- βρῦτος Ancient Greek
- φρέαρ Ancient Greek
- *bʰeru- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerw- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerwyeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrenw- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrewh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰruto- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrē- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰr̥u̯n̥ti̯ah₂ Proto-Indo-European
- brygge Norwegian Bokmål
- bryggeri Norwegian Bokmål
- flytebrygge Norwegian Bokmål
- *brannijaną Proto-Germanic
- *brasō Proto-Germanic
- *brewwaną Proto-Germanic
- *brunnô Proto-Germanic
- *brunstiz Proto-Germanic
- *bruþą Proto-Germanic
- *brēdaną Proto-Germanic
- brygga Swedish
- bryggeri Swedish
- bryggkaffe Swedish
- kaffebryggare Swedish
- överbrygga Swedish
- breowan Old English
- brēowan Old English
- barli Middle English
- brewe Middle English
- brewen Middle English
- brewere Middle English
- brewester Middle English
- brewhous Middle English
- brewyng Middle English
- bruth Irish
- *bryggja Old Norse
- brugga Old Norse
- brugginn Old Norse
- bryggja Old Norse
- burga Galician
- บาร์เลย์ Thai
- brouwen Middle Dutch
- briuwan Old High German
- bruth Old Irish
- bruthmar Old Irish
- బార్లీ Telugu
- brumë Albanian
- *briuwan Old Dutch
- *an- Proto-Celtic
- *beru Proto-Celtic
- *borvo Proto-Celtic
- *brutus Proto-Celtic
- briuwan Old Saxon
- bryggia Old Swedish
- *fruto- Proto-Italic
- bree Scots
- briuwa Old Frisian
- briūwa Old Frisian
- hombru Tok Pisin
- *bruma Proto-Albanian
- *brāu Proto-Albanian
- பார்லி Tamil
- Borvo Gaulish
- *pʰrḗwər Proto-Hellenic
- pub
- bere
- home
- house
- barley
- master
- rebrew
- brewery
- brewski
- brewage
- breweth
- brewing
- misbrew
- brewpub
- brewest
- nanobrew
- homebrew
- brewfest
- megabrew
- brewable
- microbrew
- nonbarley
- brewology
- macrobrew
- brewhouse
- barleylike
- breweriana
- brewmaster
- nonbrewing
- homebrewer
- barleymeal
- barleycorn
- nanobrewery
- minibrewery
- superbrewery
- macrobrewery
- microbrewery
- microbrewing