ferment

Meaning

Verb

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

Noun

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

Synonyms

enzyme

leaven

yeast

brew

turn sour

work

fermentation

agitation

sour

unrest

seethe

effervesce

fermenting

ripen

boil up

zymolysis

zymosis

pickle

undergo fermentation

zyme

go

become sour

turn

spoil

rot

tempestuousness

mature

mash

rise

turmoil

enzime

brewing

employ

apply

drunk

drive

breed

dough

grow

disquietude

anxiety

agitate

go with

go to

disquiet

go through

go by

habituate

incubate

decompose

Translations

fermenter

fermentare

fermentar

gären

fermento

ferment

fermento

gisten

fermentar

αναβράζω

fermenteren

Ferment

Gärmittel

werken

vergären

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fəˈmɛnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ferment

In summary

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