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You can make 10 words from brew according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of brew

brew rbew berw ebrw rebw erbw brwe rbwe bwre wbre rwbe wrbe bewr ebwr bwer wber ewbr webr rewb erwb rweb wreb ewrb werb

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Definitions and meaning of brew

brew

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: bro͞o, IPA^(key): /bɹuː/, /bɹuʊ̯/
  • (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): [bɹʉw]
• (Wales, Ottawa Valley, Southern American English) IPA^(key): /bɹɪʊ̯/
• Rhymes: -uː

Verb

brew (third-person singular simple present brews, present participle brewing, simple past and past participle brewed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.
2. (transitive) To heat wine, infusing it with spices; to mull.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To make a hot soup by combining ingredients and boiling them in water.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To make beer by steeping a starch source in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast.
5. (transitive) To foment or prepare, as by brewing

   Synonyms: contrive, plot, hatch
6. (intransitive) To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
7. (intransitive, of an unwelcome event) To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering.
8. (transitive, obsolete) To boil or seethe; to cook.

Derived terms

• as you have brewed, so you must drink
• brew up
• brewage
• brewer
• brewery
• brewhouse

Translations

Noun

brew (plural brews)

2. The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage, such as tea or beer.
   1. (slang) A serving of beer.

      Synonym: brewski

   2. (British, slang) A cup of tea.

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Etymology 2

Middle English brewe (“eyebrow”), from Old English bru (“eyebrow”). Doublet of brow

Noun

brew (plural brews)

1. (British, dialect) An overhanging hill or cliff.

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Anagrams

• BWER

Middle English

Verb

brew

1. Alternative form of brewen

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bry, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *brū́ˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /brɛfʲ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /brɛfʲ/

Noun

brew f

1. eyebrow

Descendants

• Polish: brew

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “brew”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish brew.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɛf/
• Rhymes: -ɛf
• Syllabification: brew

Noun

brew f

1. eyebrow

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Further reading

• brew in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• brew in Polish dictionaries at PWN