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overbrew

overbrew verb: to brew for too long.

Verb

overbrew (third-person singular simple present overbrews, present participle overbrewing, simple past and past participle overbrewed)

  1. To brew for too long.
    • Thrale was a prosperous brewer, but was beset by a tendency to "overbrew," which nearly ruined him.2010, Emily James Putnam, The Lady: Studies of Certain Significant Phases of Her History
    • It was so common for brewers simply to overbrew that the town government in 1501 appointed seven beer tasters.2011, Johan F.M. Swinnen, The Economics of Beer

Forms of overbrew

third-person singular presentoverbrews
present participleoverbrewing
past participleoverbrewed
pastoverbrewed

Origin of overbrew

From over- + brew.

Questions about overbrew

What does overbrew mean?
Overbrew means to brew for too long.
What part of speech is overbrew?
Overbrew is a verb.
What is the past tense of overbrew?
The past tense of overbrew is overbrewed.

Words near overbrew in the dictionary

  1. overbreathings
  2. overbred
  3. overbreed
  4. overbreeding
  5. overbreeds
  6. overbrew
  7. overbrewed
  8. overbrewing
  9. overbrews
  10. overbribe
  11. overbribed

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