misbrew
misbrew verb: to brew incorrectly.
Verb
misbrew (third-person singular simple present misbrews, present participle misbrewing, simple past and past participle misbrewed)
- To brew incorrectly.
- For this reason, green tea is frequently misbrewed, misunderstood, and thus not the tea of choice that it might otherwise be.2014, Babette Donaldson, The Everything Healthy Tea Book
- That winter led, naturally, to the Olde GnarlyWine release, which the following year was accidentally-on-purpose misbrewed into Brown Shugga' when a flock of one-pound C&H brown sugar boxes found their way into the kettle following my incorect specification of the malt bill.2014, Tony Magee, So You Want to Start a Brewery?: The Lagunitas Story, page 90
Forms of misbrew
| third-person singular present | misbrews |
|---|---|
| present participle | misbrewing |
| past participle | misbrewed |
| past | misbrewed |
Origin of misbrew
From mis- + brew.
Questions about misbrew
- What does misbrew mean?
- Misbrew means to brew incorrectly.
- What part of speech is misbrew?
- Misbrew is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misbrew?
- The past tense of misbrew is misbrewed.
Words near misbrew in the dictionary
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