have a brew-up

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• brew-up — ˈbrew up [brew up brew ups] noun (BrE, informal) an act of making tea • We always have a brew up at 11 o clock …   Useful english dictionary

• brew — /bru / (say brooh) verb (t) 1. to make (beer, ale, etc.) from malt, etc., by steeping, boiling, and fermentation. 2. to prepare (a beverage) by or as by brewing. 3. Also, brew up. to make (a hot beverage) by boiling or infusing: *she and Brownie… …  

• brew-up — n. (BE) making tea to have a brew up * * * [ bruːʌp] (BE) [ making tea ] to have a brew up …   Combinatory dictionary

• Brew — (br[udd]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brewed} (br[udd]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Brewing}.] [OE. brewen, AS. bre[ o]wan; akin to D. brouwen, OHG. priuwan, MHG. briuwen, br[=u]wen, G. brauen, Icel. brugga, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and perh. to L. defrutum… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• brew — 01. There are a couple of good pubs here in town that [brew] their own beer. 02. She [brewed] a fresh pot of coffee for her guests. 03. The witches made a magical [brew] using many secret ingredients. 04. My grandmother used to make us a strong… …   Grammatical examples in English

• brew — I UK [bruː] / US [bru] verb Word forms brew : present tense I/you/we/they brew he/she/it brews present participle brewing past tense brewed past participle brewed 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to make beer b) British informal to make a drink of …   English dictionary

• brew — brew1 [ bru ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to make beer a ) BRITISH INFORMAL to make a drink of tea or coffee 2. ) intransitive or transitive if tea or coffee is brewing, or if you are brewing it, you have made it and left it to develop a …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Brew — Recorded as Brew, an Isle of Man version, Brewer and Brewster, this is an English and sometimes Scottish, surname. Of pre 7th century Anglo Saxon origins it is or rather was, occupational for a brewer of beer or ale. The derivation is from the… …   Surnames reference

• brew —    1. British    to burn    Referring to an armoured vehicle in wartime, from the brewing of tea by soldiers over an open fire, often raised by pouring petrol into sand:     You ll have seen a tank being brewed. (Seymour, 1980)    A brew up was… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• brew — brewer, n. /brooh/, v.t. 1. to make (beer, ale, etc.) by steeping, boiling, and fermenting malt and hops. 2. to make or prepare (a beverage, as tea) by mixing, steeping, soaking, or boiling a solid in water. 3. to concoct, mix, or cook (a… …   Universalium

• brew — [OE] The ancestral meaning of brew has basically to do with ‘heat’. It comes from an Indo European base *bhreu or *bhru, which is also the source of Latin fervēre ‘boil’, from which we get fervent, ferment, and the second syllable of comfrey.… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins