brew

/bruː/ verb

Definition

BEER [T] › to make beer

TEA/COFFEE [I, T] › If you brew tea or coffee, you make it by adding hot water, and if it brews, it gradually develops flavour in hot water.

be brewing › If something bad is brewing, it is beginning to develop: There is a row brewing over the plans.

(Definition of brew verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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