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[ noun fur-ment; verb fer-ment ] / noun ˈfɜr mɛnt; verb fərˈmɛnt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ferment ON THESAURUS.COM
nounAlso 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. fermentation. 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. Origin of ferment1350–1400; Middle English <Latin fermentum yeast (noun), fermentāre to cause to rise (v.); akin to barm, Latin fervēre to boil OTHER WORDS FROM fermentfer·ment·a·ble, adjectivefer·ment·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·fer·ment·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·fer·ment·a·ble, adjective non·fer·ment·ed, adjectivenon·fer·ment·ing, adjectiveun·fer·ment·a·ble, adjectiveun·fer·ment·ed, adjectiveun·fer·ment·ing, adjectivewell-fer·ment·ed, adjective WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH fermentferment , fomentWords nearby fermentFermat, fermata, Fermat's last theorem, Fermat's principle, Fermat's theorem, ferment, fermentation, fermentation lock, fermentative, fermi, Fermi-Dirac statistics Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ferment“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|DAILY BEAST Ferment isn't imminent, but the conditions for it are ripe, said the group in a new report out this week. The Coming West Bank Instability|Ali Gharib|May 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST In this time of ferment, Suliman found some support from inside her family. Malina Suliman, Afghanistan’s Graffiti Queen|Zeenat Nagree|March 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST The juice bubbles and gives off heat as it begins to ferment. An Old-Fashioned Wine Harvest|Sophie Menin|October 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST
All this ferment and froth did not spell reasoned conviction. Tie a piece of cheese-cloth over the top of jug and stand it in a warm kitchen about one week, until it begins to ferment. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans"|Edith M. Thomas They do not, however, keep more than twelve hours after picking, and then begin to ferment and taste like beer. The Khedive's Country|George Manville Fenn Sometimes it is laid aside to ferment and then frozen and eaten in this condition. Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory|Lucien Turner Let the whole be now put into a cask to ferment, and add a pound and a half of loaf sugar to each gallon. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches,|Mary Eaton
British Dictionary definitions for ferment
noun (ˈfɜːmɛnt)any agent or substance, such as a bacterium, mould, yeast, or enzyme, that causes fermentation another word for fermentation commotion; unrest verb (fəˈmɛnt)to undergo or cause to undergo fermentation to stir up or seethe with excitement Derived forms of fermentfermentable, adjectivefermentability, nounfermenter, nounWord Origin for fermentC15: from Latin fermentum yeast, from fervēre to seethe undefined fermentSee foment 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 Words related to fermentupheaval, uproar, tumult, commotion, disquiet, excitement, unrest, frenzy, turbulence, restlessness, fester, ripen, simmer, yeast, leavening, seethe, leaven, mold, barm, bacterium Medical definitions for ferment
n.An agent, as a yeast, bacterium, mold, or enzyme, that causes fermentation. Fermentation. v.To cause or undergo fermentation. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |