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- [broo]
- /bru/
- /bruː/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [broo]
- /bru/
Definitions of brewed word
- verb with object brewed to make (beer, ale, etc.) by steeping, boiling, and fermenting malt and hops. 1
- verb with object brewed to make or prepare (a beverage, as tea) by mixing, steeping, soaking, or boiling a solid in water. 1
- verb with object brewed to concoct, mix, or cook (a beverage or food, especially one containing unmeasured or unusual ingredients): She brewed a pot of soup from the leftovers. 1
- verb with object brewed to contrive, plan, or bring about: to brew mischief. 1
- verb without object brewed to make a fermented alcoholic malt beverage, as beer or ale. 1
- verb without object brewed to boil, steep, soak, or cook: Wait until the tea brews. 1
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Origin of brewed
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English brewen, Old English brēowan; akin to Dutch brouwen, German brauen, Old Norse brugga
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Parts of speech for Brewed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
brewed popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
brewed usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for brewed
adj brewed
- alcoholic — An alcoholic is someone who cannot stop drinking large amounts of alcohol, even when this is making them ill.
- crisped — (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle: crisp toast.
- crossbred — (of plants or animals) produced as a result of crossbreeding
- done — past participle of do1 .
- doughy — of or like dough, especially in being soft and heavy or pallid and flabby: a doughy consistency; a fat, doughy face.
verb brewed
- acidified — Simple past tense and past participle of acidify.
- coddled — Simple past tense and past participle of coddle.
- fomented — Simple past tense and past participle of foment.
- impended — Simple past tense and past participle of impend.
- loomed — a looming appearance, as of something seen indistinctly at a distance or through a fog: the loom of a moraine directly in their path.
adjective brewed
- decocted — Simple past tense and past participle of decoct.
- hashed — Simple past tense and past participle of hash.
- hybridised — Simple past tense and past participle of hybridise.
- hybridized — Simple past tense and past participle of hybridize.
Top questions with brewed
- how to make cold brewed coffee?
- what is cold brewed coffee?
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Matching words
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