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ferment English

Meaning ferment meaning

What does ferment mean?
Definitions in simple English

ferment Verb

— When you ferment an emotion, you stir it up or arouse it. The preacher fermented anger with the government from the pulpit.

ferment Noun

— A ferment is a state of arousal or change. There was a ferment of reform caused by the .

ferment

— noun (= agitation, unrest) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development the political ferment produced new leadership social unrest — noun a substance capable of bringing about fermentation — verb (= work) cause to undergo fermentation We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats — verb be in an agitated or excited state The Middle East is fermenting Her mind ferments — verb work up into agitation or excitement Islam is fermenting Africa — verb (= sour, turn, work) go sour or spoil The milk has soured The wine worked The cream has turned--we have to throw it out — noun (= zymosis) a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol

Synonyms ferment synonyms

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ferment English » English

enzyme yeast leaven brew work turn sour unrest sour fermentation agitation seethe zymosis zymolysis ripen fermenting effervesce boil up zyme undergo fermentation turn turmoil tempestuousness spoil rot rise pickle mature mash go become sour worry wield wander wage visit use upheaval turn on tumult trouble take place take suit stir spend sauerkraut running roll restlessness raise

Topics ferment topics

What do people use ferment to talk about?
Daily life Food Types of food Cooking ingredients

Leaven

  • What words refer to what happens to food when leaven is added?
    rise ferment
Daily life Food Types of food Alcoholic beverage

Alcohol preparation

Conjugation ferment conjugation

How do you conjugate ferment?

ferment · verb

Examples ferment examples

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Simple sentences

Yeast makes beer ferment.

Movie subtitles

Out there, where the cosmic gases ferment and generate a heat greater than anything we can imagine.
But when you put them in a barrel the plums and maggots ferment. and ah - the Slivovitz!
Yeah, well, it takes this stuff a while to ferment.
They collect a lot of nasper-peels, - then they ferment it at 120 degrees, and when.
There would be such ferment, sir that I do not hesitate to say that within a week of the publication of this letter this country would be involved in a great war.
You've had your finger in the jam again. It'll ferment, and the guests won't have.
But could you not ferment those compotes so long this time?
Then when it's full, then they leave that there to ferment.
The town is in ferment.
Oh, my God! I just felt it ferment.
If we could ferment the port, we could make acetic acid.
The ferment was considerable, with a leading role played by young people throughout.
I came into contact with intellectual ferment, ideas that I'd never considered in my wildest dreams before.
I'm just waiting for what's in this glass to ferment.
It's got its kings, clowns, wicked princes and clever mistresses, all in a ferment of ambitious motion.
He drinks until the grape's ferment Deprives him ofhis senses.
Well, it takes this stuff a while to ferment.
This is Ken Warden from Cascara, island in ferment!
I'm helping to ferment revolution.
They ferment, just like anything else.
And I'll while away the time listening to your body ferment.
The whole city is in the state of ferment. robbery, riots, bloodshed.
Though the country is in a state of ferment, chances of grasping money is abundant.
Also ferment my head in a barrel of cabbage.
It was a wonderful time for me because, like a lot of young people, I came into contact with intellectual ferment, ideas that I'd never considered in my wildest dreams before.
Let them ferment, then you put the must into ''cachaca'' barrels.
This beer is allowed to ferment for nine years in North Rhine-Westphalen, home of Munchengladbach FC, and is considered one of Germany's best-kept secrets.
There's the idea of the feral, of blood, of a soul in ferment of a ferocious animal. It was Golfiero's idea, he says it suits me better.
Takes years to ferment.

News and current affairs

Indeed, notwithstanding the conventional wisdom that the main post-Cold War division pits the poor South against the rich North, the ferment within Islam suggests a struggle between rich and rich.
But it also promises to nurture the creative ferment in which great science thrives.
Intolerance and fundamentalism form one choice for Muslims, but Islam has always had to contend with the question of secularism and the need for religious tolerance, as is evident from the ongoing reformist ferment in theocratic Iran.
Out of this ferment, Morocco has not only revised its Family Law, but also fundamental laws governing nationality, media ownership, and political organizations.
Responsible Iraqi leaders must be helped to channel today's tremendous political ferment in constructive directions.
Like Egypt's war of attrition, the eurozone's underlying economic, financial, and social ferment continues.
Informal learning implies a messy, unruly, and potentially subversive process. But it also promises to nurture the creative ferment in which great science thrives.
Whatever the cause, the boom seems an unlikely capstone to a century of war, ferment, and revolution, and only adds to the sense of discontinuity that characterizes modern China.

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