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ferment

[ noun fur-ment; verb fer-ment ]

noun

  1. Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
  2. Also called unorganized ferment. an enzyme.
  3. agitation; unrest; excitement; commotion; tumult:

    The new painters worked in a creative ferment.

    The capital lived in a political ferment.



verb (used with object)

  1. to act upon as a ferment.
  2. to cause to undergo fermentation.
  3. to inflame; foment:

    to ferment prejudiced crowds to riot.

  4. to cause agitation or excitement in:

    Reading fermented his active imagination.

verb (used without object)

  1. to be fermented; undergo fermentation.
  2. to seethe with agitation or excitement.

ferment

noun

  1. any agent or substance, such as a bacterium, mould, yeast, or enzyme, that causes fermentation
  2. another word for fermentation
  3. commotion; unrest
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to undergo or cause to undergo fermentation
  2. to stir up or seethe with excitement
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

See foment
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Derived Forms

  • ڱˈԳٲ, adjective
  • ڱˌԳٲˈٲ, noun
  • ڱˈԳٱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ڱ·Գ·· adjective
  • ڱ·Գ····ٲ [fer-men-t, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], noun
  • non·ڱ·Գ····ٲ noun
  • non·ڱ·Գ·· adjective
  • ԴDz·ڱ·Գ· adjective
  • ԴDz·ڱ·Գ·Բ adjective
  • un·ڱ·Գ·· adjective
  • ܲ·ڱ·Գ· adjective
  • ܲ·ڱ·Գ·Բ adjective
  • ɱ-ڱ·Գ· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ferment1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin fermentum “yeast” (noun), ڱԳ “to cause to rise” (verb), equivalent to ڱ(ŧ) “to boil” + -mentum -ment ( def ); fervent
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ferment1

C15: from Latin fermentum yeast, from ڱŧ to seethe
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Rum is typically made by fermenting and then distilling sugarcane molasses, the thick treacle-like substance leftover after refined sugar has been produced from the harvested plants.

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As Blackley says, much of the literature about raising cacao trees and then fermenting cacao is geared toward doing so in outdoor tropical climates.

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If it’s a vegetable, I’m using it from seed to stem — pickling or fermenting some parts, stewing other parts and saving its cooking liquid for another use.

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Country liquor, or moonshine, is made from mahua fruits fermented with sugar then occasionally mixed with cheap methyl alcohol.

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Text chains are flourishing, and an idea is fermenting about using shipping containers as living quarters.

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