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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fer•ment /n. ˈfɜrmɛnt; v. fɚˈmɛnt/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- agitation or excitement;
commotion:political ferment.
v. - to (cause to) undergo fermentation: [no object]When wine ferments, it changes sugar to alcohol.[~ + object]This enzyme ferments the wine faster.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fer•ment (n. fûr′ment;v. fər ment′),USA pronunciation n. - BiochemistryAlso called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
- EcologyAlso 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.
v.t. - 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.
v.i. - to be fermented;
undergo fermentation. - to seethe with agitation or excitement.
- Latin fermentum yeast (noun, nominal), fermentāre to cause to rise (verb, verbal); akin to barm, Latin fervēre to boil
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ferment n /ˈfɜːmɛnt/- any agent or substance, such as a bacterium, mould, yeast, or enzyme, that causes fermentation
- another word for fermentation
- commotion; unrest
vb /fəˈmɛnt/- to undergo or cause to undergo fermentation
- to stir up or seethe with excitement
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin fermentum yeast, from fervēre to seetheferˈmentable adj USAGE
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