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brewing

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbɹuːɪŋ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: B R UW1 IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The production of alcoholic beverages, such as beer, by fermentation; the process of being brewed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The business or occupation of a brewer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The quantity of a brew made in a single batch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

The forming of a storm or the gathering of clouds.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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5

verb

Meaning 5

present participle and gerund of brew

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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6

noun

Meaning 6

the production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: production

History

Etymology

From Middle English brewynge; equivalent to brew + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: garagardogintza — production of alcoholic beverages
  • Bulgarian: варене (varene) — production of alcoholic beverages
  • Chinese Mandarin: 釀酒 /酿酒 (niàngjiǔ) — production of alcoholic beverages
  • Estonian: pruulimine — production of alcoholic beverages
  • Finnish: oluenpano — production of alcoholic beverages
  • Finnish: oluenvalmistus — production of alcoholic beverages
  • French: brassage — production of alcoholic beverages
  • Irish: bríbhéireacht — production of alcoholic beverages
  • Irish: grúdaireacht — production of alcoholic beverages
  • Middle Irish: bríbéirecht — production of alcoholic beverages
  • Latvian: raudzēšana — production of alcoholic beverages
  • Polish: warzenie — production of alcoholic beverages
  • Spanish: elaboración de cerveza — production of alcoholic beverages
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