Definition of Ferments. Meaning of Ferments. Synonyms of Ferments

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Definition of Ferments

Ferment
Ferment Fer"ment, n. [L. fermentum ferment (in senses 1 & 2), perh. for fervimentum, fr. fervere to be boiling hot, boil, ferment: cf. F. ferment. Cf. 1st Barm, Fervent.] 1. That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer. Note: Ferments are of two kinds: (a) Formed or organized ferments. (b) Unorganized or structureless ferments. The latter are also called soluble or chemical ferments, and enzymes. Ferments of the first class are as a rule simple microscopic vegetable organisms, and the fermentations which they engender are due to their growth and development; as, the acetic ferment, the butyric ferment, etc. See Fermentation. Ferments of the second class, on the other hand, are chemical substances, as a rule soluble in glycerin and precipitated by alcohol. In action they are catalytic and, mainly, hydrolytic. Good examples are pepsin of the dastric juice, ptyalin of the salvia, and disease of malt.
Ferment
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.
Ferment
Ferment Fer*ment", v. i. 1. To undergo fermentation; to be in motion, or to be excited into sensible internal motion, as the constituent oarticles of an animal or vegetable fluid; to work; to effervesce. 2. To be agitated or excited by violent emotions. But finding no redress, ferment an rage. --Milton. The intellect of the age was a fermenting intellect. --De Quincey.

Meaning of Ferments from wikipedia

- The "unorganized ferments" behaved just like the organized ones. From that time on, the term enzyme came to be applied to all ferments. It was then understood...
- Though ferments have declined in po****rity as direct additions of yeast in bread recipes have streamlined the process on a commercial level, ferments of...
- Fermented fish is a traditional preservation of fish. Before refrigeration, canning and other modern preservation techniques became available, fermenting...
- Non-fermenters (also non-fermenting bacteria) are a taxonomically heterogeneous group of bacteria of the phylum Pseudomonadota that cannot catabolize...
- fermentation was catalyzed by a vital force, called "ferments", within the yeast cells. The "ferments" were thought to function only within living organisms...
- pastori****, known as lager yeast; Brettanomyces ferments lambics, and Torulaspora delbrueckii ferments Bavarian weissbier. Before the role of yeast in...
- Fermented meat is an important preservation process which has evolved for meat but is rarely used alone.: 39 : 3  A particularly common form of fermented...
- ammonia (like some cheeses or overripe tempeh), which gets stronger as it ferments longer. A., M. (30 March 2010). "Not the natto!". Asian Food. The Economist...
- Fermented milk products or fermented dairy products, also known as cultured dairy foods, cultured dairy products, or cultured milk products, are dairy...
- This is a list of fermented foods, which are foods produced or preserved by the action of microorganisms. In this context, fermentation typically refers...