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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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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. These observations suggest that visual experience foments the maturation of an isotropic cor tical representation of orientation preference.
Foment definition: to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of. See examples of FOMENT used in a sentence.
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.
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.
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...
Definition of foment verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English foment fo‧ment / fəʊˈment $ foʊ-/ verb → foment revolution/trouble/discord etc — fomentation / ˌfəʊmenˈteɪʃ ə n, -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 ...
"foment" is a correct and usable word in written English. It is a verb that means "to stir up or try to bring about (an undesirable situation, such as trouble or rebellion)." For example, "The political extremist attempted to foment a revolt against the current president.".
