Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brewing

1 sense of brewing

Sense 1
brewing -- (the production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast)
       => production -- ((economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale; "he introduced more efficient methods of production")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb brew

2 senses of brew

Sense 1
brew -- (prepare by brewing; "people have been brewing beer for thousands of years")
       => create from raw material, create from raw stuff -- (make from scratch)

Sense 2
brew -- (sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor; "the tea is brewing")
       => soak, imbue -- (fill, soak, or imbue totally; "soak the bandage with disinfectant")