brewing

Thân thiện

A brewer is carefully brewing a batch of ale in the brewery.

Definition

Noun: 1. The process of making beer or ale: The specific industrial or craft process involving the preparation and fermentation of ingredients like malt, hops, water, and yeast to produce beer. 2. The act of preparing a beverage by infusion, steeping, or mixing: Can refer more broadly to the preparation of other drinks, such as tea or coffee, by mixing ingredients with hot water. 3. Something that is being prepared or is gathering force: Used figuratively to describe a situation that is developing, often implying something significant, troublesome, or exciting is about to happen.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Process of making beer):
  • The science of brewing has become very sophisticated.
  • He took a course in home brewing.
• Noun (Preparing a drink):
  • The brewing of a perfect cup of tea requires precise temperature.
• Noun (Figurative: something developing):
  • There's a storm brewing on the horizon.
  • I could sense an argument brewing between them.

Advanced Usage

• "In the brewing": In the process of being made or developed.
  • A new company policy has been in the brewing for months.
• Used as a gerund/verbal noun: Often functions as the subject or object of a sentence, describing the activity.
  • Brewing beer is his favorite hobby.

Variants and Related Words

• Brew (verb): To make beer; to prepare a drink by infusion; to be in the process of developing.
  • I will brew some coffee.
  • Trouble is brewing.
• Brew (noun): A single batch of brewed beer, tea, or coffee; the beverage itself.
  • This is a strong brew.
• Brewer (noun): A person or company that brews beer.
• Brewery (noun): A place where beer is brewed commercially.
• Homebrewing (noun): The hobby of brewing beer at home.

Synonyms

• Fermenting (specifically for the beer/ale process).
• Steeping, Infusing (for tea/herbs).
• Preparing, Making (general).
• Developing, Gathering, Impending (figurative).

Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions

• Brew up (informal): To make a hot drink, especially tea.
  • Let's brew up a pot of tea.

Related Idioms

• A storm is brewing: A problematic or tumultuous situation is developing.
  • The CEO's sudden resignation means a storm is brewing in the boardroom.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast