unorganized-ferment
unorganized ferment
noun
ferment ( def 2 ).
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mɛnt; 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.
4.
agitation; unrest; excitement; commotion; tumult: The new painters worked in a creative ferment. The capital lived in a political ferment.
verb (used with object)
5.
to act upon as a ferment.
6.
to cause to undergo fermentation.
7.
to inflame; foment: to ferment prejudiced crowds to riot.
8.
to cause agitation or excitement in: Reading fermented his active imagination.
verb (used without object)
9.
to be fermented; undergo fermentation.
10.
to seethe with agitation or excitement.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin fermentum yeast (noun), fermentāre to cause to rise (v.); akin to barm, Latin fervēre to boil
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin fermentum yeast (noun), fermentāre to cause to rise (v.); akin to barm, Latin fervēre to boil
Related forms
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
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World English Dictionary
| ferment | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any agent or substance, such as a bacterium, mould, yeast, or enzyme, that causes fermentation |
| 2. | another word for fermentation |
| 3. | commotion; unrest |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to undergo or cause to undergo fermentation |
| 5. | to stir up or seethe with excitement |
| [C15: from Latin fermentum yeast, from fervēre to seethe] | |
| fer'mentable | |
| —adj | |
| fermenta'bility | |
| —n | |
| fer'menter | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
ferment
late 14c., from L. fermentare "to leaven, ferment," from fermentum "substance causing fermentation, leaven," from root of fervere "to boil, seethe" (see brew). Related: Fermented; fermenting.
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Medical Dictionary
ferment fer·ment (fûr'měnt')
n.
An agent, as a yeast, a bacterium, a mold, or an enzyme, that causes fermentation.
Fermentation.
To cause or undergo fermentation.
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