1. Drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling
   "The ancient brew recipe called for various herbs and grains";
   - brewage
    
2. A hot drink, esp. tea or coffee
   "She enjoyed a hot brew on cold mornings"
    
3. A mixture
   "the capital is a strange brew of quirkiness, crowds and traffic chaos"

1. Prepare by brewing
   "people have been brewing beer for thousands of years"
    
2. Sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavour
   "the tea is brewing";
   - mash [UK, dialect]

Derived forms: brews, brewed, brewing

Type of: alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, booze [informal], imbue, inebriant, intoxicant, juice [N. Amer, informal], make from scratch, soak

Encyclopedia: Brew, Frank