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- Dictionaryfoment/fə(ʊ)ˈmɛnt/
verb
- 1. instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action): "they accused him of fomenting political unrest"
- 2. bathe (a part of the body) with warm or medicated lotions. archaic
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to cause something bad or illegal to develop: to foment revolution. (Definition of foment from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of foment. foment. These observations suggest that visual experience foments the maturation of an isotropic cor tical representation of orientation preference.
The meaning of FOMENT is to promote the growth or development of : rouse, incite. How to use foment in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Foment.
to cause something bad or illegal to develop: to foment revolution. (Definition of foment from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of foment. foment. Precisely what effect, and how this might impede or foment internal opposition to the nuclear program, is not yet clear.
Foment definition: to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of. See examples of FOMENT used in a sentence.
Define foment. foment synonyms, foment pronunciation, foment translation, English dictionary definition of foment. incite; instigate rebellion: to foment a riot. Not to be confused with: ferment – agitation; unrest; excitement: The city was in the grip of political...
Stand outside the school cafeteria passing out flyers with nutritional details on school food, and you may foment a revolution — foment means stirring up something undesirable, such as trouble.
1. to encourage or instigate ( trouble, discord, etc); stir up. 2. medicine. to apply heat and moisture to (a part of the body) to relieve pain and inflammation. USAGE Both foment and ferment can be used to talk about stirring up trouble: he was accused of fomenting/fermenting unrest.
Detailed meaning of foment. When someone or something is said to foment, it means they are actively fostering or provoking certain conditions, such as social or political unrest, agitation, or conflict.
Verb. Filter. verb. fomented, fomenting, foments. To treat with warm water, medicated lotions, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To stir up (trouble); instigate; incite. To foment a riot. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To treat by fomentation. Fomented the patient's skin. American Heritage Medicine.
foment. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English fo‧ment /fəʊˈment $ foʊ-/ verb → foment revolution/trouble/discord etc —fomentation /ˌfəʊmenˈteɪʃən, -mən- $ ˌfoʊ-/ noun [ uncountable] → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus foment • Every two blocks or so he would leave the parade to renew an old ...
