Foment

What do we mean by foment?

To arouse or incite (trouble, for example). transitive verb

To treat (the skin, for example) by fomentation. transitive verb

A warm lotion; fomentation. noun

To apply warm lotions to; bathe with warm medicated liquids or warm water.

To cherish with heat; encourage or promote the growth of by or as if by heat.

To encourage; abet; instigate or promote by incitement: commonly used in a bad sense: as, to foment discord.

To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid. transitive verb

To cherish with heat; to foster. transitive verb

To nurse to life or activity; to cherish and promote by excitements; to encourage; to abet; to instigate; -- used often in a bad sense. transitive verb

Fomentation. noun

State of excitation; -- perh. confused with ferment. noun

To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate. verb

To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge. verb

Try to stir up public opinion verb

Bathe with warm water or medicated lotions verb

Fomentation.

Words that are spelled similarly to foment:
foment, moment, froment, loment.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word foment:
furtherance, glorify, compliment, unrest, provoke, strife, discontent, insurrection, rebellion, arias, justify, organise, uprising, terrorist, hatred, mutiny, revolt, revolution, overthrow, coup, trouble, sufficiently, achieving, riot, violence, chaos, objectives, beliefs, encourage, rebels, les, opposition, armed, fled, ranks, protest, conflict, plot, revolutionary, threat, acts, arab, actions, among, serious, criminal, necessary, creating, incident, particular, activity, promote, article.

Words that rhyme with foment:
ago meant, blow meant, chicago meant, cicero meant, go meant, ho meant, home meant, know meant, mexico meant, moscow meant, quo meant, radio meant, ratio meant, rome meant, rousseau meant, show meant, snow meant, thoreau meant, though meant.

Adjectives that are often used to describe foment:
intellectual, political, social, hot, great, cultural, religious, various, revolutionary, creative, good, unceasing, sexual.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective foment:
discord, discontent, disaffection, trouble, hatred, desire, violence, prejudices, revolution, intrigue, strife.

Consonant match to foment:
ferment.

Words that sound like foment:
foment, foments, fomenter, foeman, foemen, ferment, fomite, famine, figment, foaming, fitment, formant, famines, phone-in, femina, fient, phone in, feminate, phonon, flamant, fremont, fent, fairmont, freemont, philmont, loment, fendt, fomented, phonate, fomenting, fomt, comment, cement, lament, augment, ciment, chaumont, moment, fluent, flint, famished, pheasant, phoning, fondant, funt, fint, finit, fman, fannin, finnan, flynt, faming, finan, faineant, foma, froman, fanon, fannon, facient, famoused, phoma, foland, fangen, finnin, frohman, finnen, folkman, funen, thomann, faint, font, flaunt, fend, finite, foamy, feint, fant, dement, finessed, beaumont, easement, financed, fomo, fayette, conant, foamed, fonte, ferments, footmen, comint, fermenter, faucette, for rent, fan out, forwent, forewent, farm hand, fermentor, for men, fomites.