Brew vs False - What's the difference?
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To prepare (usually a beverage) by steeping and mingling; to concoct.
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To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to hatch.
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To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
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To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering.
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(obsolete) To boil or seethe; to cook.
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.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a verb brew
is to prepare (usually a beverage) by steeping and mingling; to concoct.As a noun brew
is the mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.brew
English
Verb
(en verb)- Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely.
- Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver!
- I wash, wring, brew , bake, scour.
- There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest.
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* brewage * brewer * brewhouse ----false
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Adjective
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