beer

UK /bɪə/ [bɪː] US /bɪə/ [bɪː]
noun 6verb 2name 2

Definitions

noun

1

An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor.

Beer is brewed all over the world.

“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”

2

A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.

3

A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid.

4

A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages.

I bought a few beers from the shop for the party.

Can I buy you a beer?

5

A variety of the above beverages.

Pilsner is one of the most commonly served beers in Europe.

I haven't tried this beer before.

verb

1

To give beer to (someone).

No doubt he then can feed us, wine us, beer us, And cook us something that can warm and cheer us.

“Beer me!” said Goody. “Also your weed is shit. Where’s the good stuff, dude?”

2

To drink beer.

In Japan, students on a Friday night announce “Let's beer!”

noun

1

One who is or exists.

That meant, among other things, that he was going to be a fast-moving doer. And even when he was three or four, it wasn't hard for me to know that this wasn't going to be easy. Because Albert was a beer. Born that way.

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