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- verb Present participle of
ferment .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
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Examples
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Over time, the flour and water mixture began fermenting from the natural yeasts in the soil.
Archive 2008-01-01 Laurie Constantino 2008
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Over time, the flour and water mixture began fermenting from the natural yeasts in the soil.
Mother Knows Best: Consulting the Oracle - with Recipe for Sourdough Whole Wheat Bread Laurie Constantino 2008
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However, I am interested in fermenting discussion on this so I will do some of your work for you in hopes others will join in.
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The word fermenting aptly describes the process begun, suggesting as it does something closed up, away from air and sunlight, continually working in secret, engendering forces that fascinated, yet inspired me with fear.
A Far Country — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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The word fermenting aptly describes the process begun, suggesting as it does something closed up, away from air and sunlight, continually working in secret, engendering forces that fascinated, yet inspired me with fear.
A Far Country — Volume 1 Winston Churchill 1909
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The word fermenting aptly describes the process begun, suggesting as it does something closed up, away from air and sunlight, continually working in secret, engendering forces that fascinated, yet inspired me with fear.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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The uppermost is called the fermenting vat, or the steeper; its area is twenty feet square, and its depth three feet; the lowermost, called the beater or beating vat, is as broad as the other, but one-third longer.
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Keep the beer covered in a temperate situation, till it has ceased fermenting, which is ascertained by the subsiding of the froth -- turn it off carefully into a beer keg, or bottles.
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It is most always the case, however, that the crop on thin shelf beds averages less than it does on thick floor beds, and especially is this noticeable after the first flush of the crop has been gathered, no matter what kind of fermenting material had been used.
Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure William Falconer
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But University of California at Davis this year found that the biggest dairy emission comes from feed, such as fermenting corn silage.
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GHibbs commented on the word fermenting
My adjectival use: 'They kept the fermenting wine in a cool place.'
August 22, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word fermenting
My use of fermenting as a noun: "You could say that it is 'by fermenting' but it would be better to say 'by a fermentation process'."
August 22, 2011