| NOUN | state | fermentation, agitation, ferment, tempestuousness, unrest | a state of agitation or turbulent change or development |
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| process | fermentation, zymosis, zymolysis, fermenting, ferment | a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances |
| Sounds | fer.mahntey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A state of agitation or turbulent change or development. | |
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| Synonyms | agitation, ferment, tempestuousness, unrest | |
| Broader | turbulence, upheaval, Sturm und Drang | A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally) |
| Spanish | agitación, fermentación, fermento, inquietud | |
| Catalan | agitació, fermentació, inquietud | |
| Verbs | ferment | work up into agitation or excitement / excitement |
| ferment | be in an agitated or excited state | |
| Meaning | A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol. | |
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| Synonyms | zymosis, zymolysis, fermenting, ferment | |
| Narrower | bottom fermentation | A slow kind of alcoholic fermentation at a temperature low enough that the yeast cells can sink to the bottom of the fermenting liquid / liquid |
| top fermentation | A violent kind of alcoholic fermentation at a temperature high enough to carry the yeast cells to the top of the fermenting liquid / liquid | |
| vinification | The process whereby fermentation changes grape juice into wine | |
| Broader | chemical process, chemical change, chemical action | (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved |
| Spanish | fermentación | |
| Catalan | fermentació | |
| Adjectives | fermentable | capable of being fermented |
| Verbs | ferment | go sour / sour or spoil |
| ferment | cause to undergo fermentation | |
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