Search results
- Dictionaryfo·ment/fōˈment/
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
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
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.
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 trouble to develop: The song was banned on the grounds that it might foment racial tension. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Causing things to happen. activation. actuation. agent. attribute something to someone. hyperstimulate. hyperstimulation. implementation. in. launch pad. prompt. put someone to something idiom.
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.
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.
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...
(medicine) To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge. Wiktionary. Synonyms: agitate. stir-up. stupe. stir. start. spur. rouse. provoke. nurse. instigate. incite. goad.
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 ...
fo•ment (fō ment′ ), v.t. to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of: to foment trouble; to foment discontent. to apply warm water or medicated liquid, ointments, etc., to (the surface of the body).
