FERMENT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of ferment in English

(Definition of ferment from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of ferment from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of ferment

ferment
Atypical biochemical features were observed in some isolates : 22 (27 %) isolates were urease positive and 1 (1n2 %) isolate was unable to ferment lactose.
On the one hand, the 'discovery of culture' has provided considerable intellectual ferment in nearly all areas of social and intellectual thought.
In any case, it is a notable feature of the current methodological ferment that causation has re-entered the discourse of social science.
As we have seen, there was indeed a profound connection between affairs at the city's successful football club and the ferment that was local politics.
Advances in biological control of fungal leaf pathogens through fermented organic substrates and microorganisms.
The ' young men ' constituted an element of ferment which demanded change, while the ' old men ' tended to cling to the traditional, conservative ways.
Understanding how gender works in science is crucial for both mobilizing human resources and for bringing new perspectives, priorities, and creative ferment to science.
When presented with a sudden influx of sugars, the bacteria within the plaque rapidly ferment this easily utilizable carbon source to excreted organic acids.
Nobody knows how many rebellions besides political rebellions ferment in the masses of life which people earth.
In each of these cases intellectual ferment is a distinctly social practice.
In most cases, household labour was entirely responsible for fermenting cocoa beans (interviews).
The bacterium fermented sugars, di- and polysaccharides, under strongly anaerobic conditions.
Both nationalistic and religious radicalism are disallowed, as is any type of intellectual ferment that can disturb social quiescence.
The batter was placed into casings, and then fermented and dried.
First, the 1960s was one of the most exciting periods of social ferment that one can imagine.
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Translations of ferment

in Chinese (Traditional)
(使)發酵, 紛擾, 騷動…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(使)发酵, 纷扰, 骚动…
in Spanish
fermentar, hacer fermentar, agitación…
in Portuguese
fermentar, agitação, inflamar…
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in Turkish
in French
in Dutch
in Czech
in Danish
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Swedish
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in Norwegian
in Ukrainian
in Russian
mayalanmak, mayalamak, heyecanlanmak…
(faire) fermenter, fermenter, effervescence…
(doen) gisten, in onrust brengen, onrust…
kvasit, vyvolávat, působit…
gære, fermentere, ophidse…
meragikan, menghasut, kekalutan…
หมัก, ทำให้ปั่นป่วน, ความปั่นป่วน…
làm lên men, khích động, xúi giục…
fermentować, poddawać fermentacji, wrzenie…
jäsa, fermentera, hetsa upp…
meragikan, menghasut, kekalutan…
gären, erregen, der Aufruhr…
gjære, fermentere, hisse opp…
бродити, грати, збуджувати(ся)…
бродить, вызывать брожение, возбуждение…
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