brew
part of speech
verb (brew, brews, brewed, brewing); noun (a brew, brews)
meaning for a pupil
1) To make beer by soaking, boiling and fermenting grain. tree →
2) To make tea or coffee by mixing it with hot water. tree →
3) (noun, UK, informal) A cup of tea: «fancy a brew?» tree →
4) (verb) Of something bad, to be about to happen: a storm is brewing, trouble is brewing. tree →
5) (noun) A mixture, especially a strange one, like a witch's brew. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday UK and Irish talk, «put a brew on» means make a cup of tea. In stories, witches stir a brew in a cauldron, and trouble brews before a fight. In science, brewing uses yeast to turn sugar into alcohol and gas.
examples
- Gran brewed a pot of tea. tree →
- Fancy a brew? I'll put the kettle on. tree →
- The witches stirred their bubbling brew. tree →
- Dark clouds showed a storm was brewing. tree →
- I could tell trouble was brewing in the playground. tree →
- Monks used to brew beer in the abbey. tree →
- The moor-woman was at her brewing. tree →
note
Regular verb: brewed. «A brew» meaning tea is UK/Ireland/Australia informal. Beer is for adults only.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «brew» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.