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Brew vs Bru - What's the difference?

brew | bru |

As nouns the difference between brew and bru

is that brew is the mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage while bru is bro; bra; term of address for a man.

As a verb brew

is to prepare (usually a beverage) by steeping and mingling; to concoct.

brew

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To prepare (usually a beverage) by steeping and mingling; to concoct.
  • *
  • Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely.
  • To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to hatch.
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  • Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver!
  • To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
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  • I wash, wring, brew , bake, scour.
  • To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering.
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  • There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
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  • (obsolete) To boil or seethe; to cook.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage.
  • (slang) A beer.
  • (British, NZ) A cup of tea.
  • (British, NZ) The act of making a cup of tea.
  • (British, informal) A hill.
  • Derived terms

    * brewage * brewer * brewhouse ----

    bru

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (South Africa) bro; bra; term of address for a man
  • * 2006 , Guy Brown, Hijack!: cracking one of South Africa's most violent carjacking syndicates (page 37)
  • "Nice little bonus for you, hey bru ," Paul was saying.
  • * 2013 , Nick Roddy, Out of Jericho (page 200)
  • “Listen, bru , don't take this the wrong way, but I grew up with the black man. Never underestimate him and never overestimate him.
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