Definitions for brewing

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brewing brew·ing

Spelling: [broo-ing]

IPA: /ˈbru ɪŋ/

Brewing is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 141 anagrams from letters in brewing (beginrw).

Definitions for brewing

noun

1. the act of a person who brews.
2. the process of being brewed.
3. the occupation or business of producing beer, ale, etc.
4. a quantity or batch brewed in a single process or at one time.
5. a quantity brewed in a single process.
6. a particular brewing or variety of malt liquor.
7. a hot beverage made by cooking a solid in water, especially tea or coffee.
8. any concoction, especially a liquid produced by a mixture of unusual ingredients:
9. Informal. beer or ale. an individual serving of beer or ale:

verb (used with object)

1. to make (beer, ale, etc.) by steeping, boiling, and fermenting malt and hops.
2. to make or prepare (a beverage, as tea) by mixing, steeping, soaking, or boiling a solid in water.
3. to concoct, mix, or cook (a beverage or food, especially one containing unmeasured or unusual ingredients):
4. to contrive, plan, or bring about:

verb (used without object)

1. to make a fermented alcoholic malt beverage, as beer or ale.
2. to boil, steep, soak, or cook:

Idioms

1. be brewing, to be forming or gathering; be in preparation:

Origin of brewing

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at brew, -ing¹

Examples for brewing

And then he remembered that the men at Point Christensen had warned him of a storm that was brewing.

A crisis is brewing between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan that could be their most dangerous ever.

It may have looked like paradise, but a rebellion was brewing around the Davises.

While from the outside it seems like a massive battle is brewing, not all Republican leaders agree.

Behind the mundane complaining for its own sake, though, a new problem affecting allergies may be brewing: global warming.

I had reason to fear, as I mentioned in mine of this morning, that a storm was brewing.

As to the tea, I made bold to speak my mind and succeeded in brewing some for myself.

All at once he shuddered with a feeling that something terrible was brewing within him.

Meanwhile, a tiny rebellion is brewing—the kernel, it seems, for the future Rebel Alliance.

The grounds will serve instead of yest for a second brewing.