Ferment

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Something, such as a yeast, bacterium, mold, or enzyme, that causes fermentation.
  • n. Fermentation.
  • n. A state of agitation or of turbulent change or development.
  • n. An agent that precipitates or is capable of precipitating such a state; a catalyst.
  • v. To produce by or as if by fermentation.
  • v. To cause to undergo fermentation.
  • v. To make turbulent; excite or agitate.
  • verb-intransitive. To undergo fermentation.
  • verb-intransitive. To be in an excited or agitated state; seethe.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
  • v. To stir up, agitate, cause unrest.
  • n. Something, such as a yeast that causes fermentation.
  • n. A state of agitation or of turbulent change.
  • n. A catalyst.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.
  • n. Intestine motion; heat; tumult; agitation.
  • n. A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.
  • v. To cause ferment or fermentation in; to set in motion; to excite internal emotion in; to heat.
  • verb-intransitive. To undergo fermentation; to be in motion, or to be excited into sensible internal motion, as the constituent particles of an animal or vegetable fluid; to work; to effervesce.
  • verb-intransitive. To be agitated or excited by violent emotions.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A gentle boiling, or the internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid.
  • n. That which is capable of causing fermentation.
  • n. Figuratively, commotion; heat; tumult; agitation: as, to put the passions in a ferment.
  • To cause to boil gently; cause ebullition in.
  • To cause fermentation in.
  • Figuratively, to set in agitation; excite; arouse.
  • To undergo fermentation.
  • Figuratively, to be in agitation; be excited, as by violent emotions or passions, or great problems.
  • n.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a substance capable of bringing about fermentation
  • n. a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
  • v. be in an agitated or excited state
  • v. cause to undergo fermentation
  • v. work up into agitation or excitement
  • n. a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
  • v. go sour or spoil
    • Verb Form
    fermentatively    fermented    fermenting    ferments   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    substance    Sturm und Drang    upheaval    turbulence    seethe   
    Form
    fermented    fermenting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    heat    tumult    agitation    fermentation    work   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bendt    Brent    Gent    Ghent    Kent   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    unrest    upheaval    turmoil    commotion    convulsion   
     
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