fermenting

IPA: fɝmˈɛntɪŋ

a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol

Examples of "fermenting" in Sentences

Over time, the flour and water mixture began fermenting from the natural yeasts in the soil.
However, I am interested in fermenting discussion on this so I will do some of your work for you in hopes others will join in.
But University of California at Davis this year found that the biggest dairy emission comes from feed, such as fermenting corn silage.
Keep the beer covered in a temperate situation, till it has ceased fermenting, which is ascertained by the subsiding of the froth -- turn it off carefully into a beer keg, or bottles.
The uppermost is called the fermenting vat, or the steeper; its area is twenty feet square, and its depth three feet; the lowermost, called the beater or beating vat, is as broad as the other, but one-third longer.
The word fermenting aptly describes the process begun, suggesting as it does something closed up, away from air and sunlight, continually working in secret, engendering forces that fascinated, yet inspired me with fear.
It is most always the case, however, that the crop on thin shelf beds averages less than it does on thick floor beds, and especially is this noticeable after the first flush of the crop has been gathered, no matter what kind of fermenting material had been used.