fermenting meaning

• Noun: fermenting  fur'menting
  1. A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
     - zymosis, zymolysis, fermentation, ferment
  Verb: ferment  fur'ment
  1. Be in an agitated or excited state
     "The Middle East is fermenting"; "Her mind ferments" 
  2. Work up into agitation or excitement
     "Islam is fermenting Africa" 
  3. Cause to undergo fermentation
     "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"
     - work 
  4. Go sour or spoil
     - sour, turn, work

  See also: fermentation

  Type of: boil, change state, chemical action, chemical change, chemical process, convert, fire up, heat, ignite, inflame, seethe, stir up, turn, wake

  Encyclopedia: Ferment

  Fermenting

• bottom fermenting yeast:    Noun: bottom ferme ...
• top fermenting yeast:    Noun: top fermenti ...

Examples

1. some great thought was evidently fermenting in his brain.
2. like these, got out of hand : fermenting
3. you got all those opinions, they're just fermenting in there
4. the process of storing and fermenting green fodder in a silo
5. study on the fermenting characteristics of the strain lsz9408, bacillus thuringiensis