ferment

ferment is a 7-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. noun. That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.
2. noun. Intestine motion; heat; tumult; agitation.
3. noun. A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.
4. noun. To cause ferment of fermentation in; to set in motion; to excite internal emotion in; to heat.
5. intransitive verb. To undergo fermentation; to be in motion, or to be excited into sensible internal motion, as the constituent oarticles of an animal or vegetable fluid; to work; to effervesce.
6. intransitive verb. To be agitated or excited by violent emotions.
7. noun. a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol

   Synonyms: fermentation, fermenting, zymolysis, zymosis

8. noun. a state of agitation or turbulent change or development

   "the political ferment produced new leadership"

   "social unrest"

   Synonyms: agitation, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest

9. noun. a substance capable of bringing about fermentation
10. verb. go sour or spoil

    "The milk has soured"

    "The wine worked"

    Synonyms: sour, turn, work

11. verb. cause to undergo fermentation

    "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"

    "The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats"

    Synonyms: work

12. verb. work up into agitation or excitement

    "Islam is fermenting Africa"

13. verb. be in an agitated or excited state

    "The Middle East is fermenting"

    "Her mind ferments"

Synonyms

fermentation, fermenting, zymolysis, zymosis, agitation, tempestuousness, unrest, sour, turn, work

Common word forms

ferments, fermental, fermented, fermenter, fermenting, fermentable

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