ferment

nounsubstance causing chemicals to split into simpler substances

nounagitation, uprising
verbsplit into simpler substances; be agitated

Synonyms for ferment

noun substance causing chemicals to split into simpler substances

Antonyms for ferment

Word Origin & History

late 14c., from Old French fermenter (13c.) and directly from Latin fermentare "to leaven, ferment," from fermentum "substance causing fermentation, leaven," from root of fervere "to boil, seethe" (see brew). Figurative use from 1650s. Related: Fermented; fermenting.

Example Sentences for ferment

I see him smiling and debonair at the minute when I am in a ferment.

But the issue of Kniggrtz startled Napoleon and set France in ferment.

It spread like wildfire, and in half an hour all the town was in a ferment.

But am in such a ferment, that I cannot at present write to them.

If the liquor is not put immediately into the jugs, it will not ferment well.

Let it ferment for three days in a tub covered with a double blanket.

It ranged out over an ocean world which was all in a state of ferment and change.

The whole town was in a ferment, gathered in the town square.

These plums are apt to ferment, if not boiled in two syrups; the former will sweeten pies, but will have too much acid to keep.

He returned with intelligence that set our shanty in a ferment.

ferment

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Antonyms for ferment

agitate

agitating

brew

brewing

churn

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Antonyms for ferment

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agitate

agitating

brew

brewing

churn

Synonyms for ferment

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