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seethe
English
Alternative forms
- seeth
Etymology
From Middle English sethen, from Old English s?oþan (“to seethe, boil, cook in a liquid; subject to a fiery ordeal, try as with fire; subject to great pain, afflict, afflict grievously, disturb; prepare food for the mind; subject the mind with occupations; be troubled in mind, brood”), from Proto-Germanic *seuþan? (“to seethe, boil”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?sewt-, *h?sut-, *h?sew- (“to move about, roil, seethe”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si?ð/
- Rhymes: -i?ð
Verb
seethe (third-person singular simple present seethes, present participle seething, simple past seethed or (archaic) sod, past participle seethed or (archaic) sodden)
- (transitive, archaic) To boil.
- 1933, Herbert Danby, The Mishnah, p.289:
- When he had cooked or seethed the Peace-offering, the priest took the sodden shoulder of the ram and one unleavened cake out of the basket and one unleavened wafer and put them upon the hands of the Nazirite and waved them.
- 1960, James Enge, Travellers' Rest:
- “Seethe some of that in Gar Vindisc's good water and bring it to us. Bread, too, as long as you don't make it from shellbacks.”
- 1933, Herbert Danby, The Mishnah, p.289:
- (intransitive, of a liquid) To boil vigorously.
- (intransitive, of a liquid) To foam in an agitated manner, as if boiling.
- (intransitive, of a person, figuratively) To be in an agitated or angry mental state, as if boiling.
- (intransitive, of a place, figuratively) To buzz with activity.
- 2011, Kate Kingsley, Kiss & Break Up (page 201)
- Shock Box was the skankiest bar in Hasted, complete with a cheesy jukebox, cheap pints, and a sweaty club in the basement that seethed every weekend with a superhorny boarding-school crowd.
- 2011, Kate Kingsley, Kiss & Break Up (page 201)
Derived terms
- forseethe
Related terms
- suds
Translations
Anagrams
- sheete
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ferment
English
Etymology
From Middle French ferment, from Latin fermentare (“to leaven, ferment”), from fermentum (“substance causing fermentation”), from fervere (“to boil, seethe”). See also fervent.
Pronunciation
- (verb):
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f??m?nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /f??m?nt/
- (noun):
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f??m?nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f?m?nt/
Verb
ferment (third-person singular simple present ferments, present participle fermenting, simple past and past participle fermented)
- To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
- To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.
Translations
Noun
ferment (plural ferments)
- Something, such as a yeast or barm, that causes fermentation.
- A state of agitation or of turbulent change.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation
- Subdue and cool the ferment of desire.
- 14 November, 1770, Junius, letter to the Right Honourable Lord Mansfield
- The nation is in a ferment.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 104
- Clad in a Persian-Renaissance gown and a widow's tiara of white batiste, Mrs Thoroughfare, in all the ferment of a Marriage-Christening, left her chamber on vapoury autumn day and descending a few stairs, and climbing a few others, knocked a trifle brusquely at her son's wife's door.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation
- A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.
- A catalyst.
Translations
See also
- foment
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “ferment”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- ferment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Fermentation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- fretmen
French
Verb
ferment
- third-person plural present indicative of fermer
- third-person plural present subjunctive of fermer
Romanian
Etymology
From French ferment, from Latin fermentum.
Noun
ferment m (plural fermen?i)
- ferment
Declension
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