[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brew \brew\ brudd, v. t. imp.  p. p. brewed bruddd;
   p. pr.  vb. n. brewing. oe. brewen, as. bre'owan; akin
   to d. brouwen, ohg. priuwan, mhg. briuwen, br=uwen, g.
   brauen, icel. brugga, sw. brygga, dan. brygge, and perh. to
   l. defrutum must boiled down, gr. bry^ton for fry^ton? a
   kind of beer. the original meaning seems to have been to
   prepare by heat. root93. cf. broth, bread.
   1. to boil or seethe; to cook. obs.
      1913 webster

   2. to prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops,
      or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and
      fermentation. "she brews good ale." --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. to prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct.
      1913 webster

            go, brew me a pottle of sack finely.  --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. to foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot;
      to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief.
      1913 webster

            hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster
see also:
brewed brewing broth bread 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brew \brew\, v. i.
   1. to attend to the business, or go through the processes, of
      brewing or making beer.
      1913 webster

            i wash, wring, brew, bake, scour.     --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or
      gathering; as, a storm brews in the west.
      1913 webster

            there is some ill a-brewing towards my rest. --shak.
      1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brew \brew\, n.
   the mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. --bacon.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

brew
     n : drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather
         than distilling syn: brewage
     v 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 flavor;
        "the tea is brewing"
see also:
brewage 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

272 moby thesaurus words for "brew":
   john barleycorn, pilsner, alcohol, alcoholic beverage,
   alcoholic drink, ale, angle, approach, aqua vitae, ardent spirits,
   await, bake, barbecue, baste, bathe, be imminent, be in store,
   beer, begin, besprinkle, beverage, bitters, blanch, blast, blossom,
   blow, blow a hurricane, blow great guns, blow over, blow up,
   bluster, bock beer, boil, bootleg, booze, braise, breathe, breeze,
   breeze up, bring about, broil, brown, burgeon, cabal, cause,
   coddle, collude, color, combination, come on, come up, complot,
   compose, composition, compound, concoct, concoction, confection,
   confront, connive, conspire, contrive, cook, cook up, countermine,
   counterplot, curry, decoct, decoction, decoctum, develop, devil,
   devise, distill, do, do to perfection, douche, draw near,
   draw nigh, draw on, dredge, drench, drink, drouk, dye, engineer,
   entincture, face, ferment, finagle, finesse, fire, fix up, flavor,
   flourish, flush, form, forthcome, frame, frame up, freshen,
   fricassee, frizz, frizzle, fry, gather, germinate, get up, go on,
   griddle, grill, grog, grow, grow up, half-and-half, hang over,
   hard liquor, hash, hatch, hatch a plot, hatch up, heat, hodgepodge,
   hover, huff, hypertrophy, imbrue, imbue, impend, impregnate,
   increase, inebriant, infiltrate, infuse, inject, instill,
   intoxicant, intoxicating liquor, intrigue, jumble, lager beer,
   lave, lay a plot, leach, leaven, lie over, light beer, liquor,
   little brown jug, lixiviate, loom, lower, macerate, machinate,
   make, make up, malt liquor, maneuver, mature, mead, medley,
   melange, menace, mishmash, mix, mixture, moonlight, moonshine,
   mushroom, near, near beer, operate, outgrow, oven-bake,
   overdevelop, overgrow, overhang, overtop, pan, pan-broil, parboil,
   pastiche, penetrate, percolate, permeate, pervade, pipe up, plan,
   plot, poach, porter, potable, potation, potpourri, prepare,
   prepare food, procreate, produce, puff, pullulate, pulque,
   punch bowl, put together, rage, reproduce, rig, rinse, roast, rum,
   sake, salad, saturate, saute, scallop, scheme, schnapps, sear,
   season, seethe, set in, shirr, shoot up, simmer, soak,
   social lubricant, sodden, sop, souse, spirits, spring up, sprout,
   sprout up, squall, start, steam, steep, stew, stir-fry, storm,
   stout, strong drink, strong waters, suffuse, tea, temper,
   the demon rum, the bottle, the cup, the flowing bowl,
   the luscious liquor, the ruddy cup, threaten, thrive, tincture,
   tinge, toast, tower, toxicant, transfuse, upshoot, upspear,
   upspring, upsprout, vegetate, waft, wangle, wash, water of life,
   waterlog, wax, whiff, whiffle

[6] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

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