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1. ferment
noun. ['fɝˈmɛnt, ˈfɝːmɛnt'] a state of agitation or turbulent change or development.
Synonyms
- fermentation
- tempestuousness
- Sturm und Drang
- unrest
- upheaval
- agitation
Antonyms
- anestrus
- unemotionality
- refrain
- anesthetize
Etymology
- fermentare (Latin)
- fermentum (Latin)
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Rhymes with Ferment
- admonishment
- announcement
- battlement
- comment
- compliment
- content
- disfigurement
- document
- document
- foment
- portent
- reorient
- taligent
Sentences with ferment
1. Verb, base form
Allow the wine to ferment until the balloon collapses and falls over flat.
2. Noun, singular or mass
The key to doing this is to soak, ferment or sprout the grains.
3. Adjective
Kefir grains ferment coconut milk the same way they ferment cow’s milk.
Quotes about ferment
1. If there were no eternal consciousness in a man, if at the bottom of everything there were only a wild ferment, a power that twisting in dark passions produced everything great or inconsequential; if an unfathomable, insatiable emptiness lay hid beneath everything, what would life be but despair?
- Søren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling
2. ferment
verb. ['fɝˈmɛnt, ˈfɝːmɛnt'] go sour or spoil.
Synonyms
- sour
- work
- turn
Antonyms
- sleep
- extinguish
- better
- decode
Etymology
- fermentare (Latin)
- fermentum (Latin)
3. ferment
noun. ['fɝˈmɛnt, ˈfɝːmɛnt'] a substance capable of bringing about fermentation.
Antonyms
- wake
Etymology
- fermentare (Latin)
- fermentum (Latin)
4. ferment
verb. ['fɝˈmɛnt, ˈfɝːmɛnt'] be in an agitated or excited state.
Synonyms
- boil
Antonyms
- inactivity
- fail
Etymology
- fermentare (Latin)
- fermentum (Latin)
5. ferment
noun. ['fɝˈmɛnt, ˈfɝːmɛnt'] 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
- chemical process
- fermentation
- bottom fermentation
- chemical action
- top fermentation
- zymosis
- chemical change
- fermenting
- vinification
Antonyms
- good weather
- calmness
- fall
- cool
Etymology
- fermentare (Latin)
- fermentum (Latin)
6. ferment
verb. ['fɝˈmɛnt, ˈfɝːmɛnt'] cause to undergo fermentation.
Synonyms
- convert
- sour
- work
- turn
Antonyms
- dissuade
- sweet
- tasteless
- unsoured
Etymology
- fermentare (Latin)
- fermentum (Latin)
7. ferment
verb. ['fɝˈmɛnt, ˈfɝːmɛnt'] work up into agitation or excitement.
Synonyms
- stir up
- wake
- inflame
- fire up
- ignite
Antonyms
- fragrant
- sweeten
- harmonious
- studio
Etymology
- fermentare (Latin)
- fermentum (Latin)