Definitions for ferment

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ferment fer·ment

Spelling: [noun fur-ment; verb fer-ment]

IPA: /noun ˈfɜr mɛnt; verb fərˈmɛnt/

Ferment is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 113 anagrams from letters in ferment (eefmnrt).

Definitions for ferment

noun

1. Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
2. Also called unorganized ferment. an enzyme.
3. fermentation.
4. agitation; unrest; excitement; commotion; tumult:

verb (used with object)

1. to act upon as a ferment.
2. to cause to undergo fermentation.
3. to inflame; foment:
4. to cause agitation or excitement in:

verb (used without object)

1. to be fermented; undergo fermentation.
2. to seethe with agitation or excitement.

Origin of ferment

1350-1400; Middle English Latin fermentum yeast (noun), fermentāre to cause to rise (v.); akin to barm, Latin fervēre to boil

Examples for ferment

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

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

In this time of ferment, Suliman found some support from inside her family.

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

“Biofuel” can be made out of anything that will ferment or rot, including digestive system waste products.

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

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

The juice bubbles and gives off heat as it begins to ferment.

ferment isn't imminent, but the conditions for it are ripe, said the group in a new report out this week.

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