'Fermenting' definitions:
Definition of 'fermenting'
From: WordNet
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 [syn: zymosis, zymolysis, fermentation, fermenting, ferment]
Definition of 'Fermenting'
From: 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]
Words containing 'Fermenting'
- Ferment,
- Fermentability,
- Fermentable,
- Fermental,
- Fermentation,
- Fermentative,
- Fermentatively,
- Fermentativeness,
- Fermented,
- Fermenter,
- Fermentation by an unorganized ferment,
- Acetic fermentation,
- Acetous fermentation,
- Alcoholic fermentation,
- Ammoniacal fermentation,
- Bottom fermentation,
- Butyric fermentation,
- Fermentation tank,
- Fibrin ferment,
- Glycerin fermentation,
- Hydrolytic ferment,
- Lactic ferment,
- Lactic fermentation,
- Putrefactive fermentation,
- Rennet ferment,
- Top fermentation,
- Urea ferment,
- acetic ferment,
- butyric ferment,
- chemical ferments,
- enzymatic fermentation,
- ferment oils,
- fermentation alcohol,
- soluble ferments,
- Fermentation theory of disease,
- Re-ferment,
- bottom fermenting yeast,
- top fermenting yeast