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ferments

  • present tense form of ferment (3rd person singular).

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Soon, this liquid ferments into a tangy beverage with a touch of viscosity, somewhat like Mexico’s pulque.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

Kombucha is made when a SCOBY, a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast, ferments sweetened tea.

From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026

Using an assembler in Germany, it takes grape juice, ferments it with bacteria which does not produce alcohol, and adds Chinese green tea to offer complexity and tannins.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

Firebrand does that by adding less malted barley - the main source of sugar which ferments into alcohol.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2024

Because in some men it is in them to give up everything personal at some time, before it ferments and poisons—throw it to some human being or some human idea.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers