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Added 8 October 2026

brew

/bɹuː/ verb

Latin root: fervēre Wiktionary

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To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.
To heat wine, infusing it with spices; to mull.
To make a hot soup by combining ingredients and boiling them in water.

noun

The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage, such as tea or beer. A serving of beer.
A serving of beer.
A cup of tea.

noun

An overhanging hill or cliff.

Origin

From Middle English brewen, from Old English brēowan, from Proto-West Germanic *breuwan, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-. Doublet of burn. Cognate with Dutch brouwen, German brauen, Swedish brygga, Norwegian Bokmål brygge; also Ancient Greek φρέαρ (phréar, “well”), Latin fervēre (“to be hot; to burn; to boil”), Old Irish bruth (“violent, boiling heat”), Sanskrit भुर्वन् (bhurván, “motion of water”). It may be related to English barley.

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