Ferment in a sentence as a noun

Brew: just leave people alone for, let's say, a week, so ideas can "ferment" in their heads...4.

The yeast in your intestines starts to ferment sugars and you get drunk all the time.

That seems to evoke and ferment existential concerns.

I like yak butter as a shave lotion: let it ferment just a bit for a subtle scent and extra moisturizing.

" "...the nectar is still high in both water content and natural yeasts, which, unchecked, would cause the sugars in the nectar to ferment.

Often I just let the problem ferment in the background and the solution pops up when I am doing something unrelated.

It was the same frustration with the parlements and the resulting legal culture that helped ferment the French Revolution.

Ferment in a sentence as a verb

Somehow, somebody discovered that you can ferment teosinte into something that tastes weird and makes you act even weirder.

Fortunately, if you take some water, combine it with grain and ferment it, the result is a tasty fermented beverage that is safe to drink thanks to the wonders of alcohol!

These bacteria are better adapted to utilize proteins, which they break down to amino acids by means of proteolytic enzymes; the amino acids are then fermented.

Otherwise, the law would mandate adequate fire protection for steam distillers and establish upper limits on non-ethanol fermentation products in frost-distilled products.

I've been pretty fortunate since then to live in places where there were hundreds of employers competing in dozens of industries, and which had a healthy cultural ferment, many different ideas to talk about, and innovation bubbling up all over the place.

As frost distillation is the traditional process for going from hard cider to applejack, additional care must be taken in the fermentation step, because if the Saccharomyces are contaminated by bacteria that ferment sugars to acetone, butanols, propanols, or fusels, those contaminants will be present in the final product.

Ferment definitions

noun

a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest"

See also: agitation fermentation tempestuousness unrest

noun

a substance capable of bringing about fermentation

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

See also: zymosis zymolysis fermentation fermenting

verb

be in an agitated or excited state; "The Middle East is fermenting"; "Her mind ferments"

verb

work up into agitation or excitement; "Islam is fermenting Africa"

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"

See also: work

verb

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

See also: sour turn work