Definitions for Ferment
ˈfɜr mɛnt; fərˈmɛntfer·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. agitation, ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrestnoun

   a state of agitation or turbulent change or development

   "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest"

2. fermentnoun

   a substance capable of bringing about fermentation

3. zymosis, zymolysis, fermentation, fermenting, fermentverb

   a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol

4. fermentverb

   be in an agitated or excited state

   "The Middle East is fermenting"; "Her mind ferments"

5. fermentverb

   work up into agitation or excitement

   "Islam is fermenting Africa"

6. ferment, workverb

   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"

7. sour, turn, ferment, workverb

   go sour or spoil

   "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fermentnoun

   Something, such as a yeast that causes fermentation.

2. fermentnoun

   A state of agitation or of turbulent change.

3. fermentnoun

   A catalyst.

4. fermentverb

   To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.

5. fermentverb

   To stir up, agitate, cause unrest.

6. Etymology: From fermentare, from fermentum, from fervere. Confer French ferment, see also fervent.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fermentnoun

   Etymology: ferment, French; fermentum, Latin.

   1. That which causes intestine motion.

   The semen puts females into a fever, upon impregnation; and all animal humours which poison, are putrefying ferments. John Floyer, on the Humours.

   Subdue and cool the ferment of desire. John Rogers, Sermons.

   2. The intestine motion; tumult.

2. To FERMENTverb

   To exalt or rarify by intestine motion of parts.

   Etymology: fermento, Latin; fermenter, French.

   Ye vig’rous swains! while youth ferments your blood,
   And purer spirits swell the sprightly flood,
   Now range the hills, the thickest woods beset,
   Wind the shrill horn, or spread the waving net. Alexander Pope.

3. To Fermentverb

   To have the parts put into intestine motion.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ferment

   Ferment is a biochemical process in which an organic substance, like sugar or starch, is broken down into simpler substances by the action of enzymes, bacteria, yeasts, or mold. The process often results in alcohol and carbon dioxide as byproducts, typically giving off heat. Ferment can also mean the process of inciting or causing agitation, excitement, or trouble.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fermentnoun

   that which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer

2. Fermentnoun

   intestine motion; heat; tumult; agitation

3. Fermentnoun

   a gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation

4. Fermentnoun

   to cause ferment of fermentation in; to set in motion; to excite internal emotion in; to heat

5. Fermentverb

   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. Fermentverb

   to be agitated or excited by violent emotions

7. Etymology: [L. fermentum ferment (in senses 1 & 2), perh. for fervimentum, fr. fervere to be boiling hot, boil, ferment: cf. F. ferment. Cf. 1st Barm, Fervent.]

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1. Ferment

   Ferment is the first full-length album by the English alternative rock band Catherine Wheel, released in 1992. Four songs had previously appeared on independently released 12" EPs, and were re-recorded for inclusion on the album. The lead single, "Black Metallic," reached the top ten of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. In March 2010, the album was re-released, containing bonus tracks and extensive sleeve notes. The songs included on the 1992 extended play 30th Century Man were also included on the 2010 bonus track edition of Ferment.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ferment

   fėr′ment, n. what excites fermentation, as yeast, leaven: internal motion amongst the parts of a fluid: agitation: tumult.—v.t. Ferment′, to excite fermentation: to inflame.—v.i. to rise and swell by the action of fermentation: to work, used of wine, &c.: to be in excited action: to be stirred with anger.—n. Fermentabil′ity.—adj. Ferment′able, capable of fermentation.—n. Fermentā′tion, the act or process of fermenting: the change which takes place in liquids exposed to air: the kind of spontaneous decomposition which produces alcohol: restless action of the mind or feelings.—adj. Ferment′ative, causing or consisting in fermentation.—n. Ferment′ativeness.—adj. Fermentes′cible, capable of being fermented. [Fr.,—L. fermentum, for fervimentum—fervēre, to boil.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Ferment in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Ferment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Ferment in a Sentence

1. Rolling Stone:

   There was no bigger album of 2014 -- in terms of surprise, generosity and controversy, bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. put their lives on the line: giving away 11 songs of guitar rapture and frank, emotional tales of how they became a band out of the rough streets and spiritual ferment of Seventies Dublin.

2. John Keats:

   The imagination of a boy is healthy, and the mature imagination of a man is healthy but there is a space of life between, in which the soul is in a ferment, the character undecided, the way of life uncertain, the ambition thick-sighted thence proceeds mawkishness.

3. John Keats:

   The imagination of a boy is healthy, and the mature imagination of a man is healthy; but there is a space of life between, in which the soul is in a ferment, the character undecided, the way of life uncertain, the ambition thick-sighted: thence proceeds mawkishness.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Ferment
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ferment
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Ferment
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ferment
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Ferment
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Ferment