brew
To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot waterTo make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.
» Tom asked Mary to brew some coffee.
Tom bat Mary, Kaffee zu kochen.
Том попросил Мэри сварить кофе.
Том попросив Марію приготувати каву.
Meaning
8 senses(intransitive, transitive)To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.
brühen, aufbrühen
зава́риватьzavárivatʹ, завари́тьzavarítʹ
(transitive)To heat wine, infusing it with spices; to mull.
(intransitive, transitive)To make a hot soup by combining ingredients and boiling them in water.
вари́тьvarítʹ, свари́тьsvarítʹ
sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor
(intransitive, transitive)To make beer by steeping a starch source in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast.
brauen
вари́тьvarítʹ, свари́тьsvarítʹ
(transitive)To foment or prepare, as by brewing.
плести́plestí, сплести́splestí
prepare by brewing
(intransitive)To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
(intransitive)To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering.
назрева́тьnazrevátʹ, назре́тьnazrétʹ
(obsolete, transitive)To boil or seethe; to cook.
Examples
59 sentencesTom asked Mary to brew some coffee.
Том попросив Марію приготувати каву.
ruТом попросил Мэри сварить кофе.
deTom bat Mary, Kaffee zu kochen.
Tom brewed some coffee.
Том зварив кави.
ruТом сварил кофе.
deTom kochte sich etwas Kaffee.
Tom brews beer as a hobby.
ruТом варит пиво в качестве хобби.
deTom braut hobbymäßig Bier.
Tom has been trying to learn how to brew the perfect cup of coffee.
Tom brews his own beer at home.
ruТом варит собственное пиво у себя дома.
deTom braut sich zu Hause sein eigenes Bier.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English brewen, from Old English brēowan, from Proto-West Germanic *breuwan, fFrom Middle English brewen, from Old English brēowan, from Proto-West Germanic *breuwan, from Proto-Germanic *brewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-. Doublet of burn.
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Forms
brews, brewing, brewed, brewedSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
17 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle