ferment
noun
any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
is fermenting
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present progressiveof ferment (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Text chains are flourishing, and an idea is fermenting about using shipping containers as living quarters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
Troon is fermenting some wines in amphora, and is making orange wines, petillant-naturels and piquettes, all trendy expressions that, in Troon’s hands, demonstrate why people were attracted to the styles in the first place.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
The taste sensation is partly down to the array of tall earthenware jars where Mrs Kim, sprightly in her seventies, is fermenting sauces of gooseberry, green plum and other fruits.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 9, 2018
Sugary foods like ice cream, soda—and fallen fruit that is fermenting.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2015
Life is fermenting in the midst of the dust, the discomfort, the almost ghastly silence.
From The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople by Robert (Robert Smythe) Hichens
