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brews (BROOZ) (verb)
1. To create a beverage by steeping or soaking (tea) or by fermentation (beer): Cindy always brews her tea for exactly ten minutes.
The company brews several different types of beer for the consumer.
2. To bring about or to plot, to contrive: Trouble brews when the union members are unhappy with their contract.bruise (BROOZ) (noun)
Discoloration on the skin caused by the breaking of blood vessels as the result of an injury: After the boxer won the round, he had a big bruise over his right eye.
Dan's black eye and the bruise on his arm are the result of the trouble that brews between the union workers on strike and the non-union workers; both of which sometimes get physical about the issues.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group B; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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