brewing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast
  2. verb prepare by brewing
    brew.
    • people have been brewing beer for thousands of years
  3. verb sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor
    brew.
    • the tea is brewing

WordNet


Brew"ing noun
Definitions
  1. The act or process of preparing liquors which are brewed, as beer and ale.
  2. The quantity brewed at once.
    A brewing of new beer, set by old beer. Bacon.
  3. A mixing together.
    I am not able to avouch anything for certainty, such a brewing and sophistication of them they make. Holland.
  4. (Naut.) A gathering or forming of a storm or squall, indicated by thick, dark clouds.

Webster 1913