fermenting : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fermenting	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fermenting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fermenting n a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol Synonym(s): zymosis, zymolysis, fermentation, fermenting, ferment
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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 of fermentation in; to set in motion; to excite internal emotion in; to heat. Ye vigorous swains! while youth ferments your blood. --Pope.