ferment

About 1.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

zymosis fermentation zymolysis sour turn unrest agitation brew seedbed lactose

Often followed by

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Word family

fermentable fermented fermenting ferments