foment 音标拼音: [f'omɛnt]
vt . 热罨,煽动
热罨,煽动
foment v 1 :
try to stir up public opinion [
synonym : {
agitate }, {
foment },
{
stir up }]
2 :
bathe with warm water or medicated lotions ; "
His legs should be fomented "
Foment \
Fo "
ment \,
n .
1 .
Fomentation .
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Webster 1913 Suppl .]
2 .
State of excitation ; --
perh .
confused with ferment .
He came in no conciliatory mood ,
and the foment was kept up . --
Julian Ralph .
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Webster 1913 Suppl .]
Foment \
Fo *
ment "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Fomented };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Fomenting }.] [
F .
fomenter ,
fr .
L .
fomentare ,
fr .
fomentum (
for fovimentum )
a warm application or lotion ,
fr .
fovere to warm or keep warm ;
perh .
akin to Gr . ?
to roast ,
and E .
bake .]
1 .
To apply a warm lotion to ;
to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
To cherish with heat ;
to foster . [
Obs .]
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1913 Webster ]
Which these soft fires . . .
foment and warm .
--
Milton .
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3 .
To nurse to life or activity ;
to cherish and promote by excitements ;
to encourage ;
to abet ;
to instigate ; --
used often in a bad sense ;
as ,
to foment ill humors . --
Locke .
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1913 Webster ]
But quench the choler you foment in vain . --
Dryden .
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Exciting and fomenting a religious rebellion .
--
Southey .
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1913 Webster ]
202 Moby Thesaurus words for "
foment ":
abate ,
abet ,
advance ,
agitate ,
agitation ,
allay ,
alleviate ,
anesthetize ,
annoy ,
appease ,
arouse ,
assuage ,
awake ,
awaken ,
benumb ,
blow the coals ,
blow up ,
bluster ,
bobbery ,
boil ,
boiling ,
brouhaha ,
bustle ,
call forth ,
call up ,
chafe ,
churn ,
commotion ,
conturbation ,
cook ,
cultivate ,
cushion ,
deaden ,
deaden the pain ,
diminish ,
discomposure ,
disorder ,
disquiet ,
disquietude ,
disturbance ,
dull ,
ease ,
ease matters ,
ebullition ,
egg on ,
electric -
heat ,
embroilment ,
encourage ,
enkindle ,
enrage ,
excite ,
excitement ,
fan ,
fan the fire ,
fan the flame ,
feed the fire ,
ferment ,
fermentation ,
fever ,
feverishness ,
fidgets ,
fire ,
fire up ,
flame ,
flap ,
flurry ,
fluster ,
flutteration ,
forward ,
foster ,
frenzy ,
fume ,
further ,
fuss ,
galvanize ,
gas -
heat ,
give relief ,
goad ,
heat ,
heat up ,
hot ,
hot up ,
hot -
air -
heat ,
hot -
water -
heat ,
hubbub ,
hurly -
burly ,
impassion ,
incense ,
incite ,
inflame ,
infuriate ,
initiate ,
inquietude ,
inspire ,
instigate ,
jitters ,
jumpiness ,
key up ,
kindle ,
lather up ,
lay ,
lessen ,
light the fuse ,
light up ,
lull ,
madden ,
maelstrom ,
malaise ,
mitigate ,
moil ,
mollify ,
motivate ,
move ,
mull ,
nerviness ,
nervosity ,
nervousness ,
nettle ,
numb ,
nurse ,
nurture ,
overexcite ,
overheat ,
pad ,
palliate ,
perturbation ,
pique ,
poultice ,
pour balm into ,
pour oil on ,
preheat ,
promote ,
prompt ,
provoke ,
put up to ,
raise ,
rally ,
recook ,
reduce ,
reheat ,
relieve ,
restlessness ,
roil ,
rouse ,
rout ,
row ,
salve ,
seethe ,
seething ,
set ,
set astir ,
set fire to ,
set on ,
set on fire ,
sic on ,
slacken ,
slake ,
soften ,
soothe ,
spur ,
start ,
steam ,
steam up ,
stimulate ,
stir ,
stir the blood ,
stir the embers ,
stir the feelings ,
stir up ,
stoke up ,
stupe ,
subdue ,
summon up ,
superheat ,
swirl ,
tepefy ,
tickle ,
to -
do ,
trepidation ,
trepidity ,
tumult ,
tumultuation ,
turbidity ,
turbulence ,
turmoil ,
turn on ,
twitter ,
unease ,
unrest ,
upset ,
urge ,
wake ,
wake up ,
waken ,
warm ,
warm over ,
warm the blood ,
warm up ,
whet ,
whip up ,
work into ,
work up
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FOMENT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster It's less so if you know that foment traces to the Latin verb fovēre, which means "to heat or warm" or "to soothe " The earliest documented English uses of foment appear in medical texts offering advice on how to soothe various aches and pains by the application of moist heat
FOMENT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary FOMENT definition: 1 to cause trouble to develop: 2 to cause trouble to develop: 3 to cause something bad or… Learn more
FOMENT Definition Meaning - Dictionary. com Foment definition: to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc ); promote the growth or development of See examples of FOMENT used in a sentence
Foment - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com When change is a brewin', remember: to ferment is to cause a chemical change to food or drink, like turning grapes into wine, but to foment is to stir up trouble, like turning a group of people into an angry mob
FOMENT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary By the time recreation was under way, the task would be to foment rumour and excitement, but still with nothing concrete being said
foment verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of foment verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
Foment Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary FOMENT meaning: to cause or try to cause the growth or development of (something bad or harmful) incite
FOMENT Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster How does the verb foment contrast with its synonyms? Some common synonyms of foment are abet, incite, and instigate While all these words mean "to spur to action," foment implies persistence in goading
What does Foment mean? - Definitions. net foment Foment means to instigate or stir up an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action It can also refer to the action of applying heat or warm substances to an area of the body to soothe pain or discomfort
Foment Definition Meaning - YourDictionary Foment definition: To arouse or incite (trouble, for example)