brew
verb
[ bruː ]
• make (beer) by soaking, boiling, and fermentation.
• "within five years the company will brew as much beer in China as in Australia"
• make (tea or coffee) by mixing it with hot water.
• "I've just brewed some coffee"
• (of an unwelcome event or situation) begin to develop.
• "there was more trouble brewing as the miners went on strike"
Similar:
develop,
gather force,
loom,
be close,
be ominously close,
be on the way,
be on the horizon,
be in the offing,
be in the wings,
be imminent,
be threatening,
be impending,
impend,
be just around the corner,
brew
noun
• a kind of beer.
• "small breweries which are able to offer rare brews"
• a cup or mug of tea or coffee.
• "she took a sip of the hot reviving brew"
• a mixture of events, people, or things which interact to form a more potent whole.
• "a dangerous brew of political turmoil and violent conflict"
Origin:
Old English brēowan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch brouwen and German brauen .
