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

yeast

leaven

brew

turn sour

work

agitation

unrest

sour

fermentation

seethe

boil up

effervesce

ripen

zymolysis

zymosis

fermenting

zyme

undergo fermentation

become sour

rise

go

turn

turmoil

spoil

tempestuousness

pickle

mature

rot

mash

exploit

foment

froth

go across

go bad

go by

go through

go to

go with

grow

habituate

incubate

inflame

inject

instigate

knead

lay down

maintain

make

manure

operate

originate

paste

pastry

ply

provoke

put to bed

raise

restlessness

roll

running

🏃

sauerkraut

spend

stir

suit

take

take place

trouble

tumult

turn on

upheaval

use

visit

wage

wander

wield

worry

bear fruit

be fermented

make sour

alcoholise

massage

💆

converse by a ferment

acidify

cause to ferment

address

agitate

alcoholize

anxiety

apply

attend

boil

boiling

boil over

breed

brewing

bubble

churn

convulsion

cultivate

cure

decay

decompose

disquiet

disquietude

dough

drive

drunk

employ

enzime

exacerbate

excitement

exercise

exert

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.