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Ferment

That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.

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Verb group 6

Sour 84% connected

Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Sour 84% connected

Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

Turn 84% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Turn 84% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Work 84% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Work 84% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Broader term 11

Boil 76% connected

To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produced by heating it…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Convert 76% connected

To cause to turn; to turn.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Heat 76% connected

A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ignite 76% connected

To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inflame 76% connected

To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Seethe 76% connected

To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to seethe flesh.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Substance 76% connected

That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Turbulence 76% connected

The quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state; tumult; disorder; agitation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Upheaval 76% connected

The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wake 76% connected

The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 6

Fermentation 74% connected

The process of undergoing an effervescent change, as by the action of yeast; in a wider sense (Physiol. Chem.), the transformation of an organic subs…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fermentation 74% connected

The process of undergoing an effervescent change, as by the action of yeast; in a wider sense (Physiol. Chem.), the transformation of an organic subs…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sour 74% connected

Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Sour 74% connected

Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Zymosis 74% connected

A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

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Zymosis 74% connected

A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Causes 3

Sour 72% connected

Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a causal relationship between these meanings.

Turn 72% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a causal relationship between these meanings.

Work 72% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Synonym 8

Agitation 92% connected

The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Fermentation 92% connected

The process of undergoing an effervescent change, as by the action of yeast; in a wider sense (Physiol. Chem.), the transformation of an organic subs…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Fermenting 92% connected

of Ferment

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Sour 92% connected

Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Turn 92% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Unrest 92% connected

Want of rest or repose; unquietness; sleeplessness; uneasiness; disquietude.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Work 92% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Zymosis 92% connected

A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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