Both Uses of
ferment
in
Oryx and Crake
- Otherwise there's only a half-empty bottle of ketchup, dark brown and fermenting.
p. 233.1fermenting = chemically changing due to a living agent
- Whatever bug is fermenting inside it is evidently resistant to the antibiotics in the watchtower ointment.
p. 333.5 *fermenting = causing chemical change
Definitions:
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(1)
(ferment as in: political party in ferment) causing or stirring up excited disagreement; or such a state of unrest
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(2)
(ferment as in: ferment grapes) to break down chemically (as in food or drink) due to yeast or bacteria
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, fermentation can reference anything developing in a complex environment.