to boil or seethe; to cook.-to prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation.-to prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct.-to foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief.-to attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.-to be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; as, a storm brews in the west.-the mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed.