brewing
/ˈbɹuːɪŋ/
brewing is the present participle and gerund of brew.
Noun
brewing (countable and uncountable, plural brewings)
- The production of alcoholic beverages, such as beer, by fermentation; the process of being brewed.
- The business or occupation of a brewer.
- The quantity of a brew made in a single batch.
- The four last brewings, in which the quantity of yeast added was smaller than in the six first, took place during the month of May, when the heat is apt to make the fermentation run to excess.1824, Encyclopaedia Britannica
- The forming of a storm or the gathering of clouds.
Meaning of brew
Verb
brew (third-person singular simple present brews, present participle brewing, simple past and past participle brewed)
- To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.
- Elderly people sat indoors, in the damp. shabby houses, brewing malt coffee or weak tea and talking without animation […]1935, Christopher Isherwood, chapter 11, in Mr Norris Changes Trains, Penguin, published 1942, page 113
- To heat wine, infusing it with spices; to mull.
- Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- To make a hot soup by combining ingredients and boiling them in water.
- To make beer by steeping a starch source in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast.
- To foment or prepare, as by brewing.
- Hence with thy brew’d inchantments, foul deceiver […]1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey...
- To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
- I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour, dress meat and drink […]c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
Forms of brewing
| plural | brewings |
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Origin of brewing
From Middle English brewynge; equivalent to brew + -ing.
Words formed from brewing
Phrases with brewing
Words that rhyme with brewing
Questions about brewing
- What does brewing mean?
- Brewing means the production of alcoholic beverages, such as beer, by fermentation; the process of being brewed.
- What is brewing the present participle and gerund of?
- Brewing is the present participle and gerund of brew.
- What part of speech is brewing?
- Brewing is a noun.
- How do you pronounce brewing?
- Brewing is pronounced /ˈbɹuːɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of brewing?
- The plural of brewing is brewings.
Words near brewing in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: brewing (page history and authors); brew (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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