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ferment
[ noun fur-ment; verb fer-ment ]
noun
- Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
- Also called unorganized ferment. an enzyme.
- agitation; unrest; excitement; commotion; tumult:
The new painters worked in a creative ferment.
The capital lived in a political ferment.
verb (used with object)
- to act upon as a ferment.
- to cause to undergo fermentation.
- to inflame; foment:
to ferment prejudiced crowds to riot.
- to cause agitation or excitement in:
Reading fermented his active imagination.
verb (used without object)
- to be fermented; undergo fermentation.
- to seethe with agitation or excitement.
ferment
noun
- any agent or substance, such as a bacterium, mould, yeast, or enzyme, that causes fermentation
- another word for fermentation
- commotion; unrest
verb
- to undergo or cause to undergo fermentation
- to stir up or seethe with excitement
Usage
Derived Forms
- ڱˈԳٲ, adjective
- ڱˌԳٲˈٲ, noun
- ڱˈԳٱ, noun
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
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ferment1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ferment1
Example Sentences
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.
As Blackley says, much of the literature about raising cacao trees and then fermenting cacao is geared toward doing so in outdoor tropical climates.
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.
Country liquor, or moonshine, is made from mahua fruits fermented with sugar then occasionally mixed with cheap methyl alcohol.
Text chains are flourishing, and an idea is fermenting about using shipping containers as living quarters.
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