ferment
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.
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.
to be fermented; undergo fermentation.
to seethe with agitation or excitement.
Origin of ferment
1Other words from ferment
- fer·ment·a·ble, adjective
- fer·ment·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- non·fer·ment·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- non·fer·ment·a·ble, adjective
- non·fer·ment·ed, adjective
- non·fer·ment·ing, adjective
- un·fer·ment·a·ble, adjective
- un·fer·ment·ed, adjective
- un·fer·ment·ing, adjective
- well-fer·ment·ed, adjective
Words that may be confused with ferment
- ferment , foment
Words Nearby ferment
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How to use ferment in a sentence
You can commission a conclusion from one of Molly’s peers, or go hunting for the best one that bubbles up from the ferment of the fans.
Using a mason jar for lacto-fermentation, you have to regularly “burp” the ferment by opening the lid every now and then to release the gas.
But it was intellectual ferment that Sheehy craved above all else.
“Biofuel” can be made out of anything that will ferment or rot, including digestive system waste products.
The Federal Government Has Violated My Right to Chainsaw | P. J. O’Rourke | April 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA literary ferment erupted in coastal Andhra between the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
In other words, we have political mobilization, backed by intellectual ferment and blessed by the president of the United States.
Obama’s Trayvon Martin Briefing Shows View on Race in America Is Changing | Errol Louis | July 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTferment isn't imminent, but the conditions for it are ripe, said the group in a new report out this week.
Lime salts also possess the power of transforming renninogen into the active ferment.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThey are extremely prone to change, and in presence of animal matters readily ferment, and are converted into salts of ammonia.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas AndersonAt the moment when our history begins, the audacity of the new religious doctrines was putting all Paris in a ferment.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacA mixture of water and honey allowed to ferment together was called mulsa.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone JohnstonThe existence of such a soluble ferment would explain the presence of free sugar and free fisetin.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson Syme
British Dictionary definitions for ferment
any agent or substance, such as a bacterium, mould, yeast, or enzyme, that causes fermentation
another word for fermentation
commotion; unrest
to undergo or cause to undergo fermentation
to stir up or seethe with excitement
Origin of ferment
1ferment
Derived forms of ferment
- fermentable, adjective
- fermentability, noun
- fermenter, noun
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