ferment
noun
any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
have been fermenting
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present perfect progressiveof ferment.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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He says this is because Mexicans have been fermenting agave for generations, and are therefore more familiar with the plant and its particularities.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2022
A walk through the chef's kitchen reveals no less than 10 crockpots full of black garlic, some of which have been fermenting for weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2018
For ages, farmers have been fermenting all types of surplus fruit.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2017
It will be a terrific economic problem, but at the same time it will solve the difficulties of the great companies who have been fermenting grain residues for alcohol.
From The Black Star Passes by John Wood Campbell
The great interior sea, epicontinental, the geologists call it, seems to have been fermenting and laboring for untold aeons in building up these parts of the continent.
From Time and Change by John Burroughs
