verb / noun
brew
BROO/bruː/
To produce a drink through steeping or fermentation.
The tea brews as amber color spreads through the hot water.
Etymology
Old English breowan continues in brew, whose underlying image is making a drink by boiling. The modern sense covers preparing beverages with water, including soaking tea or coffee as well as making beer.
In context
you actually created four sides for the tea to be exposed to water. And it created more space in the tea bag for the leaves to expand and to brew properly.
More examples
- He brewed a strong pot of coffee.
- A storm brews beyond the hills.
- The meeting produces a tense brew of anger and suspicion.
Forms
brew · brews · brewed · brewing