Ferment

What do we mean by ferment?

Something, such as a yeast, bacterium, mold, or enzyme, that causes fermentation. noun

Fermentation. noun

A state of agitation or of turbulent change or development. noun

An agent that precipitates or is capable of precipitating such a state; a catalyst. noun

To produce by or as if by fermentation. intransitive verb

To cause to undergo fermentation. intransitive verb

To make turbulent; excite or agitate. intransitive verb

To undergo fermentation. intransitive verb

To be in an excited or agitated state; seethe. intransitive verb

A gentle boiling, or the internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid. noun

That which is capable of causing fermentation. noun

Figuratively, commotion; heat; tumult; agitation: as, to put the passions in a ferment. noun

To cause to boil gently; cause ebullition in.

To cause fermentation in.

Figuratively, to set in agitation; excite; arouse.

To undergo fermentation.

Figuratively, to be in agitation; be excited, as by violent emotions or passions, or great problems.

That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer. noun

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.

Words that are spelled similarly to ferment:
ferment, fervent, serment.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word ferment:
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Words that rhyme with ferment:
present, content, event, accent, consent, advent, lament, augment, rent, supplement, intent, descent, represent, circumvent, dissent, extent, prevent, assent, resent, vent, bent, segment, tent, orient, dent, president, lent, indent, repent, cement, relent, scent, torment, ascent, meant, percent, stent, invent, cent, frequent, ent, discontent, sent, spent, went, kent, pent, malcontent, gent, underwent, convent, ident, reinvent, trent, occident, misrepresent, shent, brent, splent, dente, dement, vice president, ghent, blent, disorient, slent, fent, misspent, tashkent, sente, lente, drent, nonevent, gwent, wendt, sprent, unspent, underrepresent, in any event, zent, glent, acute accent, mente, circus tent, line of descent, letter of intent, outspent, portland cement, rubber cement, pup tent, overspent, grave accent, ground rent, broadbent, to that extent, wente, rack rent, to a lesser extent, economic rent, cent-.

Adjectives that are often used to describe ferment:
intellectual, political, great, social, revolutionary, religious, general, popular, cultural, proteolytic, considerable, diastatic, creative, constant, digestive, present, splitting, spiritual, ideological, active, soluble, much, violent, perpetual, continual, extraordinary, intense, lactic, amylolytic, pancreatic, current, alcoholic, artistic, tremendous, fibrin, curdling, internal, mental, powerful, universal, literary, democratic, peculiar, theological, dangerous, rennet, glycolytic, educational, radical, inner, acid, respiratory, unorganized, butyric, tryptic, strange, emotional, oxidizing, widespread, salivary, like, contemporary, mighty, unprecedented, acetic, philosophical, peptonizing, unusual, continuous, yeasty, peptic, yellow, remarkable.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective ferment:
lactose, glucose, action, carbohydrates, dextrose, mannitol, organisms, bread, cells, sugars, maltose, body, sucrose, actions, sugar, reaction, festival, raffinose, solution, centers, procedure, deficiency, theory, urea, milk, sorbitol, desert, substance, dough, doubt, oil, concentrations, bodies, powers, process, chronic, converts, solutions, acid, serum, present, coagulation, citrate.

Consonant match to ferment:
foment.

Words that sound like ferment:
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