fermented
US/fɹ̩ˈmɛntʰəd/
fermented is the simple past and past participle of ferment.
Adjective
fermented (comparative more fermented, superlative most fermented)
- Produced by fermentation.
- During the Goguryeo kingdom (37 B.C. to A.D. 668), the Maek people in the northern Korean Peninsula ate maekjeok, a dish of grilled pork marinated in doenjang, a fermented soybean paste. Years later, maekjeok evolved into neobiani, a dish of broad, thin slices of beef tenderized and grilled over...2021 July 23, Eric Kim, “Bulgogi, Any Way You Slice It”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2021, Food
- Of food or drink, turned sour due to unwanted fermentation.
Meaning of ferment
Verb
ferment (third-person singular simple present ferments, present participle fermenting, simple past and past participle fermented)
- To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
- The cleanup job would turn out to be possibly second only to body-recovery duty in terms of being a job that nobody wanted to get assigned to. Imagine, for a moment, a thick soup of oil, paper, ink, clothing, raw meat and other fresh provisions, and worse, that had all been left to collect together...2020 November 18, Drachinifel, 6:21 from the start, in The Salvage of Pearl Harbor Pt 2 - Up She Rises!, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2022
- To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.
- Ye vigorous swains! while youth ferments your blood.1713, [Alexander] Pope, Windsor-Forest. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC
Synonyms of fermented
Forms of fermented
| comparative | more fermented |
|---|---|
| superlative | most fermented |
Words formed from fermented
- bacteriofermented
- Chinese fermented rice
- Chinese fermented sweet rice
- Chinese sweet fermented rice
- fermented glutinous rice
- fermented rice
- fermented sticky rice
- fermented sweet rice
- nonfermented
- overfermented
- semifermented
- sweet fermented rice
- Thai fermented rice
- Thai fermented sweet rice
- Thai sweet fermented rice
- underfermented
- unfermented
- Vietnamese fermented glutinous rice
- Vietnamese fermented sticky rice
- Vietnamese fermented sweet rice
Questions about fermented
- What does fermented mean?
- Fermented means produced by fermentation.
- What is fermented the simple past and past participle of?
- Fermented is the simple past and past participle of ferment.
- What part of speech is fermented?
- Fermented is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce fermented?
- Fermented is pronounced /fɹ̩ˈmɛntʰəd/ (US).
Words near fermented in the dictionary
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