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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Ferment \Fer"ment\, n. [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.]
     1. That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or
        fermenting beer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Ferments are of two kinds: ({a) Formed or organized
           ferments. ({b) Unorganized or structureless ferments.
           The latter are now called enzymes and were formerly
           called soluble ferments or chemical ferments.
           Ferments of the first class are as a rule simple
           microscopic vegetable organisms, and the fermentations
           which they engender are due to their growth and
           development; as, the acetic ferment, the butyric
           ferment, etc. See Fermentation. Ferments of the
           second class, on the other hand, are chemical
           substances; as a rule they are proteins soluble in
           glycerin and precipitated by alcohol. In action they
           are catalytic and, mainly, hydrolytic. Good examples
           are pepsin of the dastric juice, ptyalin of the salvia,
           and disease of malt. Before 1960 the term "ferment" to
           mean "enzyme" fell out of use. Enzymes are now known to
           be globular proteins, capable of catalyzing a wide
           variety of chemical reactions, not merely hydrolytic.
           The full set of enzymes causing production of ethyl
           alcohol from sugar has been identified and individually
           purified and studied. See enzyme.
           [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     2. Intestine motion; heat; tumult; agitation.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Subdue and cool the ferment of desire. --Rogers.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              the nation is in a ferment.           --Walpole.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a
        fluid; fermentation. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Down to the lowest lees the ferment ran. --Thomson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     ferment oils, volatile oils produced by the fermentation of
        plants, and not originally contained in them. These were
        the quintessences of the alchemists. --Ure.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Ferment \Fer*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fermented; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Fermenting.] [L. fermentare, fermentatum: cf. F.
     fermenter. See Ferment, n.]
     To cause ferment or fermentation in; to set in motion; to
     excite internal emotion in; to heat.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Ye vigorous swains! while youth ferments your blood.
                                                    --Pope.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Ferment \Fer*ment"\, v. i.
     1. To undergo fermentation; to be in motion, or to be excited
        into sensible internal motion, as the constituent
        particles of an animal or vegetable fluid; to work; to
        effervesce.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To be agitated or excited by violent emotions.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              But finding no redress, ferment and rage. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The intellect of the age was a fermenting intellect.
                                                    --De Quincey.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Ferment \Fer"ment\, n. [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.]
     1. That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or
        fermenting beer.
  
     Note: Ferments are of two kinds: ({a) Formed or organized
           ferments. ({b) Unorganized or structureless ferments.
           The latter are also called soluble or chemical
           ferments, and enzymes. Ferments of the first class
           are as a rule simple microscopic vegetable organisms,
           and the fermentations which they engender are due to
           their growth and development; as, the acetic ferment,
           the butyric ferment, etc. See Fermentation.
           Ferments of the second class, on the other hand, are
           chemical substances, as a rule soluble in glycerin and
           precipitated by alcohol. In action they are catalytic
           and, mainly, hydrolytic. Good examples are pepsin of
           the dastric juice, ptyalin of the salvia, and disease
           of malt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Ferment \Fer*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fermented; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Fermenting.] [L. fermentare, fermentatum: cf. F.
     fermenter. See Ferment, n.]
     To cause ferment of fermentation in; to set in motion; to
     excite internal emotion in; to heat.
  
           Ye vigorous swains! while youth ferments your blood.
                                                    --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Ferment \Fer*ment"\, v. i.
     1. 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.
  
     2. To be agitated or excited by violent emotions.
  
              But finding no redress, ferment an rage. --Milton.
  
              The intellect of the age was a fermenting intellect.
                                                    --De Quincey.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  ferment
       n 1: a state of agitation or turbulent change or development;
            "the political ferment produced a new leadership";
            "social unrest" [syn: agitation, fermentation, unrest]
       2: a substance capable of bringing about fermentation
       3: a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to
          break down into simpler substances; especially, the
          anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol [syn: zymosis,
           zymolysis, fermentation, fermenting]
       4: a chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits
          into simpler substances [syn: fermentation]
       v 1: be in an agitated or excited state; "The Middle East is
            fermenting"; "Her mind ferments"
       2: work up into agitation or excitement; "Islam is fermenting
          Africa"
       3: 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" [syn: work]
       4: go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked";
          "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out" [syn: sour,
           turn, work]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ferment
     Γαλλικά n.
     το σπέρμα, η πυτιά

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ferment
     n.
     1 Something, such as a yeast or barm, that causes fermentation.
     2 A state of agitation or of turbulent change.
     3 A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid;
  fermentation.
     4 A catalyst.
     vb.
     1 To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by
  aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
     2 To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.
     Polish n.
     #English, unrest

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  ferment
     n.
     1 Something, such as a yeast or barm, that causes fermentation.
     2 A state of agitation or of turbulent change.
     3 A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid;
  fermentation.
     4 A catalyst.
     vb.
     1 To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by
  aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
     2 To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  ferment
     n.
     1 Something, such as a yeast or barm, that causes fermentation.
     2 A state of agitation or of turbulent change.
     3 A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid;
  fermentation.
     4 A catalyst.
     vb.
     1 To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by
  aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
     2 To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.
     Polish n.
     #English, unrest

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  ferment
     n.
     1 Something, such as a yeast or barm, that causes fermentation.
     2 A state of agitation or of turbulent change.
     3 A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid;
  fermentation.
     4 A catalyst.
     vb.
     1 To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by
  aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
     2 To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.
     Polish n.
     #English, unrest

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ferment
     Ranska n.
     käyte, käyteaine

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ferment
     n.
     ett jäsande ämne

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Ferment
     Tyska n.
     (tagg kemi språk=de) enzym, ferment

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  ferment
     n.
     ett jäsande ämne

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Ferment /fɛɾmˈɛnt/ 
   [frühere Bezeichnung]  [biochem.] enzyme , ferment  [former name]
     Synonym: Enzym
  
   see: Enzyme, Fermente, adaptives Enzym, allosterisches Enzym, isodynamisches Enzym, konstitutives Enzym, manganhaltiges Enzym, pektisches Enzym, Reparaturenzym, Ektoenzym, sekretorisches Enzym, intrazelluläres Enzym, Zellenzym, Endoenzym
  

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Ferment /fɛɾmˈɛnt/ 
   [chem.] ferment 
     Synonym: Gärstoff
  
   see: Gärstoffe, Fermente
  

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-fra ]

  Ferment /fɛʁˈmɛnt/ 
  ferment
  Substanz, die im pflanzlichen, tierischen und menschlichen Organismus gebildet wird und bestimmte chemische Umwandlungen im Körper beschleunigt

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-swe ]

  Ferment /fɛʁˈmɛnt/ 
  1. enzym, ferment
  Substanz, die im pflanzlichen, tierischen und menschlichen Organismus gebildet wird und bestimmte chemische Umwandlungen im Körper beschleunigt
  2. katalysator
  übertragen: vorwärtstreibendes, beschleunigendes, gärendes Element

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Ferment /fɜːmˈɛnt/
  الخميرة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  ferment //fəˈmɛnt// //fɚˈmɛnt// //ˈfɚ.mɛnt// //ˈfɜː.mɛnt// 
  1. кипене, ферментация
  state of agitation
  2. мая, ферме́нт
  substance causing fermentation

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  ferment //fəˈmɛnt// //fɚˈmɛnt// //ˈfɚ.mɛnt// //ˈfɜː.mɛnt// 
  кипя, ферменти́рам
  to react using fermentation

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  ferment /fɜːmˈɛnt/ 
  kvašení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  ferment /fɜːmˈɛnt/ 
  fermentovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  ferment /fɜːmˈɛnt/ 
  kvasnice

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  ferment /fɜːmˈɛnt/
  ferment

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  ferment /fɜːmˈɛnt/ 
  bregysu 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  ferment /fɜːmˈɛnt/ 
  eplesu 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  ferment /fɜːmˈɛnt/
   [former name] Enzym , Ferment  [frühere Bezeichnung]  [biochem.]
     Synonym: enzyme
  
   see: enzymes, ferments, DNAase, adaptive enzyme, allosteric enzyme, isoenzyme, isozyme, constitutive enzyme, manganese enzyme, pectic enzyme, repair enzyme, ectoenzyme, intracellular enzyme, cellular enzyme, endoenzyme
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  ferment /fɜːmˈɛnt/
  Gärmittel  [cook.]
   see: ferments
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  ferment /fɜːmˈɛnt/
  Gärstoff , Ferment  [chem.]
   see: ferments
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  ferment /fɜːmˈɛnt/
   [fig.] Wallung , Aufruhr 
        "The whole city was in a state of ferment."  - Es gärte in der ganzen Stadt.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  ferment /fɜːmˈɛnt/ 
  gären , in Gärung sein  [chem.]  [übtr.]
        "it has/had fermented"  - es hat/hatte gegärt, es hat/hatte gegoren
        "it would ferment"  - es göre
   see: fermenting, fermented, it ferments, it fermented
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  ferment /fɜːmˈɛnt/
  
  βράζω, προκαλώ ζύμωση

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  ferment //fəˈmɛnt// //fɚˈmɛnt// //ˈfɚ.mɛnt// //ˈfɜː.mɛnt// 
  1. katalyytti
  catalyst
  2. käyminen, käymistila
  gentle internal movement
  3. kuohunta, käymistila
  state of agitation
  4. fermentti, hapate, käyte
  substance causing fermentation

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  ferment //fəˈmɛnt// //fɚˈmɛnt// //ˈfɚ.mɛnt// //ˈfɜː.mɛnt// 
  1. hämmentää, kuohuttaa, lietsoa, nostattaa
  to cause unrest
  2. käyttää, panna käymään
  to react using fermentation

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  ferment /fɜːmˈɛnt/ 
  1. ख़मीर~उठाना
        "Flour is fermented with yeast to make bread."
  2. उत्तेजित~करना
        "Trouble was being fermented in masses due to bad governence by the state government."
        "By giving inflamatory speech, the leader fermented anger of the crowd."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  ferment /fɜːmˈɛnt/
  ferment, fermentacija, kvasac, previranje, uzbuditi, vriti

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  ferment /fɜːmˈɛnt/
  1. forrongás
  2. nyugtalanság
  3. erjesztô
  4. izgalom
  5. zavargás
  6. erjedés
  7. erjesztô anyag
  8. kovász

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  ferment /fɜːmˈɛnt/
  I.    ferment
  II.    fermentować

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  ferment /fəmənt/
  fermentar

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  ferment //fəˈmɛnt// //fɚˈmɛnt// //ˈfɚ.mɛnt// //ˈfɜː.mɛnt// 
  jäsningsämne, jäsämne
  substance causing fermentation

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  ferment //fəˈmɛnt// //fɚˈmɛnt// //ˈfɚ.mɛnt// //ˈfɜː.mɛnt// 
  jäsa, fermentera
  to react using fermentation

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  ferment /fɜːmˈɛnt/
  1. (kim) tahammür ettiren şey, maya
  2. tahammür, mayalanma, ekşime
  3. telâş, karışıklık, galeyan, heyecan.

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  ferment /fɜːmˈɛnt/
  1. mayalanmak ekşimek, tahammür etmek
  2. mayalandırmak, tahammür ettirmek: coşmak (fikir), heyecanlanmak, telaş etmek.

From français-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-fin ]

  ferment /fɛʁ.mɑ̃/ 
  käyte

From Croatian-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:hrv-eng ]

  ferment /fˈɛrmɛnt/
  ferment

From Dutch-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:nld-deu ]

  ferment /fɛrmɛnt/
  Gärung

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  ferment
  ferment

From Svenska-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-deu ]

  ferment /fˈɛrmənt/ 
  Ferment
  ett jäsande ämne

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfɝmɛnt/, /fɝˈmɛnt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  281 Moby Thesaurus words for "ferment":
     acetification, acetify, acidification, acidify, acidulate,
     acidulation, ado, agent, agitate, agitation, ailment, alkalify,
     alkalization, alkalize, alterant, alterative, alterer, arouse,
     bacteria, beat, beat up, blow the coals, blubber, bluster, bobbery,
     boil, boil over, boiling, borate, bother, botheration, brawl, brew,
     broil, brouhaha, bubble, bubble over, bubble up, bubbliness,
     bubbling, burble, burst, bustle, buttermilk, cacophony,
     carbon dioxide, carbonate, carbonation, catalysis, catalyst,
     catalytic agent, catalyze, chaos, chemical, chemicalization,
     chlorinate, churn, churn up, clamor, commotion, conturbation,
     convulse, convulsion, disarrange, discompose, discomposure,
     disorder, disquiet, disquietude, disturb, disturbance, dudgeon,
     ebullience, ebulliency, ebullition, eddy, effervesce,
     effervescence, effervescency, electrolysis, electrolyze,
     embroilment, enzyme, excite, excitement, fan, fan the flame,
     fanaticism, feed the fire, feery-fary, fermentation, fever,
     feverishness, fidgetiness, fidgets, fire, fit, fizz, fizzle, flap,
     flurry, fluster, flutter, flutteration, flutteriness, foam,
     foaming, foment, fomentation, foofaraw, frenzy, fret, froth,
     frothiness, frothing, fume, furor, furore, fury, fuss, fussiness,
     guggle, gurgle, heat, heat up, high dudgeon, hiss, homopolymerize,
     hubbub, huff, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, hurry, hurry-scurry,
     hydrate, hydrogenate, hydrogenation, hydroxylate, impassion,
     incense, incite, inflame, innovationist, innovator, inquietude,
     instigate, introducer, isomerism, isomerize, jitters, jumpiness,
     leaven, leavening, maelstrom, malaise, metamerism, metamerization,
     miff, modificator, modifier, moil, mother, nerviness, nervosity,
     nervousness, nettle, nitrate, nitration, outcry, oxidation,
     oxidization, oxidize, paddle, pandemonium, passion, pell-mell,
     pepsin, pepsinate, peroxidize, perturb, perturbate, perturbation,
     pet, phosphatization, phosphatize, pique, plop, polymerism,
     polymerization, polymerize, position isomerism, pother, precursor,
     provoke, put up to, racket, rage, raise, rally, reduce, reduction,
     restiveness, restlessness, rile, ripple, rise, roil, roughen,
     rouse, rout, row, ruckus, ruffle, rumple, rumpus, saturization,
     scramble, seethe, seething, set on, shake, shake up, sic on,
     simmer, smolder, soda, sour, sparkle, spasm, spumescence, spurt,
     stew, stir, stir the embers, stir up, storminess, sulfate,
     sulfatize, sulfonate, sweat, swirl, swirling, tempestuousness,
     tickle, tiff, to-do, transformer, transmogrifier, trepidation,
     trepidity, trouble, tumult, tumultuation, tumultuousness,
     turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, turn sour, twitter, unease,
     unquiet, unrest, upheaval, uproar, upset, upturn, vinegar, vortex,
     whet, whip, whip up, whirl, whisk, wildness, work, work up,
     working, yeast, yeastiness, zeal, zealousness
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 酵素,发酵,动乱;
  v. 使...发酵,发酵,动乱;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 酵素,发酵,动乱
     vt.
     vi. (使)发酵,(使)动乱

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