beer

Formsbeers, beering, beered

1. 1
   brewed alcoholnoununcountable

   An alcoholic drink made from grain, or a glass, can, or kind of this drink.

   Like soda, but made from grain and containing alcohol.

   They opened a few bottles of beer at the barbecue.

   Beer is brewed by fermenting grain with yeast.

   UsageFor beer in general, do not use a. For one glass, say a beer.

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2. 2
   ginger-type drinknoununcountable

   A fizzy drink flavored with plants such as ginger or sassafras, sometimes brewed but today usually a soft drink.

   Like a bubbly homemade drink made from plant roots instead of grain.

   Grandpa brewed ginger beer in the basement every fall.

   We bottled spruce beer for the winter months.

3. 3
   drink sociallyverbcolloquialintransitive

   To drink beer, often while relaxing with friends.

   We spent a lazy Saturday beering on the porch with friends.

   My uncle and his friends spent all afternoon out back, grilling and beering.

   Similardrink, booze

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