ferment
To react, using fermentationTo react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
» Yeast causes the grapes to ferment.
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2 sensesTo react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
gären
броди́тьbrodítʹ, ферменти́роватьfermentírovatʹ, ква́ситьkvásitʹ
броди́тиbrodýty, ферментува́тиfermentuváty
To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.
stören, anstacheln
волнова́тьvolnovátʹ, возбужда́тьvozbuždátʹ
- cause to undergo fermentation
- work up into agitation or excitement
- be in an agitated or excited state
- go sour or spoil
Examples
30 sentencesYeast causes the grapes to ferment.
The whole town was in a ferment.
The smell of fermented soybeans sickens him.
As the food particles ferment, they produce methane.
The must is fermenting in the open barrel.
deDer Most gärt im offenen Holzfass. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English ferment, from Middle French ferment, from Latin fermentāre (“to leavenFrom Middle English ferment, from Middle French ferment, from Latin fermentāre (“to leaven, ferment”), from fermentum (“substance causing fermentation”), possibly from contraction of *fervimentum, from fervēre. See also fervent.
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Forms
ferments, fermenting, fermented, fermentedSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
20 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle