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Definition: Fermenting |
FermentingNoun1. A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fermenting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Synonyms: FermentingSynonyms: ferment (n), fermentation (n), zymolysis (n), zymosis (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Fermenting |
| English words defined with "fermenting": alcoholise, alcoholize ♦ barm, brew, brewage, brewer's yeast, brewing ♦ Emication ♦ Fermentative ♦ green tea, Guillevat ♦ malt liquor ♦ To work off ♦ Vinegar eel ♦ wort ♦ yeast. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fermenting": BREWERY CELLAR WORKER, BREWING DIRECTOR, brewing superintendent, BROTH MIXER, broth setter ♦ CELLAR SUPERVISOR, CHIP WASHER, combined crusher and pump, crusher and must pump, CRUSHING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ DROPPER, FERMENTING CELLAR ♦ FERMENTER OPERATOR, fermenting cellar, fermenting power, fermenting room, fermenting vat, fermenting vessel ♦ grape crusher ♦ MASH-TUB-COOKER OPERATOR ♦ Pediococcus, pulping machine incorporating a pump ♦ RECEIVER, FERMENTING CELLARS, rosé wine ♦ STUM, SUPERVISOR, CURING ROOM, SUPERVISOR, FERMENTING CELLARS, SUPERVISOR, GRAIN AND YEAST PLANTS ♦ WINERY WORKER ♦ YEAST PUSHER, YEAST-CULTURE DEVELOPER. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Production. Industrial alcohol. These 40,000 gallon tanks in the fermenting room of a converted whiskey distillery produce industrial alcohol by the action of yeast upon cooked grain whose starches have been changed to sugars by the enzyme action of malt.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | Effervescent; airy; boiling; bouncy; bubbling; bubbly; carbonated; elastic; expansive; fermenting; fizzy; foaming; foamy; frothing; frothy; resilient; sparkling; volatile; fizzing; fizz. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | All that had been hurriedly stifled was stirring and fermenting. |
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Economic History | Netherlands | In 1998, the total bio energy was made up from 64 percent waste incineration, 23 percent wood burning, five percent fermenting and five percent gas. (references) |
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| "Fermenting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 68.97% of the time. "Fermenting" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 68.97% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 17.24% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (singular) | 6.9% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.45% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 3.45% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 29 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "fermenting": fermenting cellar ♦ fermenting power ♦ fermenting room ♦ fermenting vat ♦ fermenting vessel. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "fermenting": top-fermenting. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fermenting | 5 |
equipment fermenting product | 3 |
fermenting vessel | 2 |
alcohol fermenting | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "fermenting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | fermentues, thartim (baking, curing, leavening), tharmëtues. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | متخمر, مخمر, تخمر (ferment, sour, sweat, working). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 发酵 (Ferment, fermentation, Fermentative, Fermented, leavened, leavening). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kvasící (fermentable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Kräusen (fermenting wort), gaerkar (fermentation tank, fermentation vessel, fermenter, fermenting vat), gaerkaelderindretning (fermenting room equipment), gaerkaelder (fermentation cellar, fermenting cellar, fermenting room), gaeringskarret (fermentation tank, fermentation vessel, fermenter, fermenting vat), gaeringskar med koeleanordning (fermenting vat with a cooling coil), gaeringskar (fermentation tank, fermentation vessel, fermenter, fermenting vat, wine vat), gærkraft (fermenting power), gærkar (acetifier, fermenting vessel, packed-generator, recirculatory-type vinegar generator, vinegar generator), gærkælder (fermenting cellar, fermenting room), gæringskælder (fermentation cellar, fermenting room), gæreevne (fermenting power), eddikedanner (acetifier, fermenting vessel, packed-generator, recirculatory-type vinegar generator, vinegar generator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kroezen (crimping, fermenting wort, rolling), gistkuip (fermentation tank, fermentation vessel, fermenter, fermenting vat, wine vat), gistkracht (fermentability, fermentative ability, fermentative power, fermenting power), gistkelderapparatuur (fermenting room equipment), gistkelder (fermentation cellar, fermenting room), gistingsvermogen (fermentability, fermentative ability, fermenting power), gistingsruimte (fermenting cellar, fermenting room), gistingskuip (fermentation tank, fermentation vessel, fermenter, fermenting vat), gistingskelder (fermenting cellar), gistingsbak met koelslang (fermenting vat with a cooling coil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | käymiskyky (fermenting power), käymiskellarin laitteet (fermenting room equipment), käymiskellari (fermentation cellar, fermenting cellar, fermenting room), käymishuone (fermentation cellar, fermenting room). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fermentant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gärend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κράους (fermenting wort), κελάρι ζύμωσης (fermenting cellar), κάδος ζύμωσης (fermenting cellar, fermenting room, wine vat), ικανότητα ζύμωσης (fermenting power), υπόστρωμα ζύμωσης (fermenting yeast, inoculum plus food, starter), υπόγειο ζύμωσης (fermenting cellar, fermenting room), χώρος ζύμωσης (fermenting cellar, fermenting room), ζυμωτική ικανότητα (fermentative power, fermenting power), εξοπλισμός ζυμωτηρίου (fermenting room equipment), αίθουσα ζύμωσης (fermentation cellar, fermenting room), αίθουσα ζυμώσεως (fermentation cellar, fermenting room), δυνατότητα ζύμωσης (fermenting power), δεξαμενές ζυμώσεως (fermentation cellar, fermenting room), δοχείο ζύμωσης με σπειροειδή σωλήνωση ψύξης (fermenting vat with a cooling coil), δοχείο ζύμωσης (fermentation tank, fermentation vessel, fermenter, fermenting vat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מתסיס (enzyme, ferment), תוסס (bubbly, effervescent, fizzy, sparkle, sparkling), תסיס (fermentable, yeasty), חומצ" (acid, leavening), "תסס" (fermentation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | erjedõ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | formazione di schiuma (fermenting wort, foaming, frothing), tino di fermentazione a serpentino di raffreddamento (fermenting vat with a cooling coil), tino di fermentazione (fermentation tank, fermentation vessel, fermenter, fermenting vat), tinaia (fermentation cellar, fermenting cellar, fermenting room), potere fermentativo (fermentative power, fermenting power), locale di vinificazione (fermenting cellar, fermenting room), lievito di fermenti (fermenting yeast, inoculum plus food, starter), cantina di fermentazione (fermentation cellar, fermenting cellar, fermenting room), apparecchiature per cantina di fermentazione (fermenting room equipment), "krause". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 醪 (main fermenting mash). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | もろみ (main fermenting mash). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 거치 (Deferring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ermentingfay tina de fermentação com serpentina de refrigeração (fermenting vat with a cooling coil), sala de fermentação (fermentation cellar, fermenting cellar, fermenting room), poder fermentativo (fermentative power, fermenting power), poder de fermentação poder fermentativo (fermenting power), Kräusen (fermenting wort), equipamento da sala de fermentação (fermenting room equipment), cuba de fermentação (fermentation tank, fermentation vessel, fermenter, fermenting vat), adega (basement, bodega, cellar, fermentation cellar, fermenting cellar, fermenting room, wine cellar, winery). (various references) сбраживающий, ферментирующий. (various references) sala de fermentación (fermenting cellar), poder fermentativo (fermentative power, fermenting power), poder de fermentación (fermenting power), pie de cuba (fermenting yeast, inoculum plus food, leaven, starter), material de bodega de fermentación (fermenting room equipment), kraüsen (fermenting wort), espuma en la fermentación de la cerveza (fermenting wort), cuba de fermentacion con serpentin de enfriamiento (fermenting vat with a cooling coil), cuba de fermentacion (fermentation tank, fermentation vessel, fermenter, fermenting vat), cocedero (fermentation cellar, fermenting cellar, fermenting room), bodega de fermentación (fermentation cellar, fermenting room). (various references) jäsning (ferment, fermentation, unrest), jäsande (yeasty), jäs-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | fervore, fervorem. (various references) |
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"Fermenting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Farentino, fermetoun, formenting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fermenting" (pronounced ferme"nting) |
| 6 | -m e" n t i ng | cementing, lamenting. |
| 5 | -e" n t i ng | circumventing, consenting, denting, dissenting, inventing, misrepresenting, presenting, preventing, reinventing, relenting, renting, representing, resenting, tenting, unrelenting, venting. |
| 4 | -n t i ng | accenting, accounting, amounting, appointing, augmenting, blunting, bunting, chanting, commenting, complementing, complimenting, confronting, counting, daunting, decanting, disappointing, discounting, disorienting, documenting, enchanting, experimenting, fainting, fingerprinting, flaunting, fomenting, fragmenting, fronting, glinting, granting, grunting, haunting, hinting, hunting, implanting, implementing, imprinting, minting, mounting, painting, panting, parenting, patenting, pinpointing, planting, pointing, printing, ranting, recanting, recounting, repainting, replanting, reprinting, shunting, slanting, sprinting, squinting, supplanting, supplementing, surmounting, tainting, taunting, tormenting, transplanting, unstinting, wanting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, annotating, anticipating, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, completing, complicating, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, congratulating, connecting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, firefighting, fitting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fretting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, gloating, graduating, grafting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implicating, importing, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, parachuting, participating, parting, pasting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pirating, pitting, placating, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, repatriating, repeating, replicating, reporting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supporting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, targeting, tasting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unremitting, unseating, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-f-g-i-m-n-n-r-t" | |
-2 letters: entering, metering, regiment. | |
-3 letters: eminent, feigner, ferment, figment, firemen, freeing, integer, interne, meeting, metring, reefing, regimen, renting, ringent, teeming, terming, treeing. | |
-4 letters: emetin, emigre, engine, engirt, entire, ermine, feeing, ferine, feting, finger, fringe, gerent, germen, ginner, intern, metier, meting, minter, reemit, refine, regent, regime, remint, rennet, retime, retine, teeing, tegmen, tenner, tinmen, tinner. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-f-g-i-m-n-n-r-t" | |
+2 letters: infringement. | |
+3 letters: infringements. | |
+5 letters: antiferromagnet, fragmentariness. | |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. . .-. -- . -. - .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100101 01110010 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F e r m e n t i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0065 0072 006D 0065 006E 0074 0069 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)40718479718086758073 |
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