ferment

fer·ment

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The yeast in this dough causes it to ferment.

noun

Ferment is defined as agitation and excitement.
When a group of protesters gradually becomes more and more angry about their cause, this is an example of ferment.

verb

The definition of ferment is to excite, or to have a chemical breakdown of a substance using bacteria, yeast or enzymes.
1. When you cause a protesting crowd to get even madder then they already are, this is an example of when you ferment.
2. When you use yeast to make bread dough rise, this is an example of when you ferment.

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ferment

a substance or organism causing fermentation, as yeast, bacteria, enzymes, etc.
fermentation
a state of excitement or agitation

Origin of ferment

Middle English from Old French from Classical Latin fermentum, leaven, yeast from fervere, to boil, be agitated: see barm

to cause fermentation in
to excite; agitate

to be in the process of fermentation
to be excited or agitated; seethe

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ferment

noun

a. An agent, such as an enzyme, bacterium, or fungus, that brings about fermentation.
b. Fermentation.
a. A state of agitation or of turbulent change or development.
b. An agent that precipitates or is capable of precipitating such a state; a catalyst.

verb

fer·ment·ed, fer·ment·ing, fer·ments

verb

intransitive

To undergo fermentation: cabbage that has fermented.
To develop in a turbulent or agitated way; seethe: an idea that was fermenting in his mind for months.

verb

transitive

To cause to undergo fermentation: Yeasts ferment sugars.
To produce by or as if by fermentation: ferment the wine in oak barrels; hostility that was fermented by envy.
To make turbulent; excite or agitate: a fiery speech that fermented the crowd.

Origin of ferment

Middle English from Old French from Latin fermentum ; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.

Related Forms:

fer·ment′a·bil′i·ty
noun

fer·ment′a·ble
adjective

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present ferments, present participle fermenting, simple past and past participle fermented)

To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.

Noun

(plural ferments)

Something, such as a yeast or barm, that causes fermentation.
A state of agitation or of turbulent change.
A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.
A catalyst.

Origin

From Middle French ferment, from Latin fermentare (“to leaven, ferment”), from fermentum (“substance causing fermentation”), from fervere (“to boil, seethe”). See also fervent.

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ferment - Medical Definition

n.

An agent, such as an enzyme, bacterium, or fungus, that brings about fermentation.
Fermentation.

v. (fər-mĕnt′)

To undergo or cause to undergo fermentation: cabbage that has fermented; yeasts that ferment sugars.

Related Forms:

fer·ment′a·bil′i·ty
n.

fer·ment′a·ble
adj.

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