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  • 91ferment — [n1] substance causing chemicals to split into simpler substances bacteria, bacterium, barm, ebullition, enzyme, fermentation agent, leaven, leavening, mold, seethe, simmer, yeast; concept 478 ferment [n2] agitation, uprising ailment, brouhaha,… …

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  • 92dhegʷh- —     dhegʷh     English meaning: to burn, *day     Deutsche Übersetzung: “brennen”     Material: O.Ind. dáhati, Av. dažaiti “burns” (= Lith. degù, O.C.S. žegǫ , Alb. djek), participle O.Ind. dagdhá ḥ (= Lith. dègtas), Kaus. düha yati; düha ḥ …

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  • 93ku̯at(h)- —     ku̯at(h)     English meaning: to ferment, become sour     Deutsche Übersetzung: “gären, sauer werden, faulen”     Material: O.Ind. kváthati ‘siedet, kocht”, kvütha m. “Decoct”; Goth. ƕaÞō f. ‘scum, froth, foam”, ƕaÞjan ‘schäumen”, Swe. dial …

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  • 94seu-4, seu-t- —     seu 4, seu t     English meaning: to boil, move vividly     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘sieden, heftig bewegt sein”     Material: Av. hüvayą n ‘sie schmoren”, hüvayeiti “er schmort” (3. sg. Opt. huyürǝš O.Ind. *suyur to a present *haoiti after …

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  • 95sodden — ► ADJECTIVE 1) soaked through. 2) (in combination ) having drunk an excessive amount of an alcoholic drink: whisky sodden. DERIVATIVES soddenly adverb soddenness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «boiled»: from SEETHE(Cf. ↑ …

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  • 96soddenly — sodden ► ADJECTIVE 1) soaked through. 2) (in combination ) having drunk an excessive amount of an alcoholic drink: whisky sodden. DERIVATIVES soddenly adverb soddenness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «boiled»: from SEETHE(Cf. ↑ …

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  • 97soddenness — sodden ► ADJECTIVE 1) soaked through. 2) (in combination ) having drunk an excessive amount of an alcoholic drink: whisky sodden. DERIVATIVES soddenly adverb soddenness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «boiled»: from SEETHE(Cf. ↑ …

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  • 98suds — ► PLURAL NOUN 1) froth made from soap and water. 2) N. Amer. informal beer. ► VERB chiefly N. Amer. ▪ cover or wash in soapy water. DERIVATIVES sudsy adjective. ORIGIN perhaps originally denoting the flood water of the fens; probably relat …

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  • 99sudsy — suds ► PLURAL NOUN 1) froth made from soap and water. 2) N. Amer. informal beer. ► VERB chiefly N. Amer. ▪ cover or wash in soapy water. DERIVATIVES sudsy adjective. ORIGIN perhaps originally denoting the flood water of the fens; probably relat …

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  • 100suds — [16] Suds was probably borrowed from Middle Dutch sudse ‘marsh, swamp’ (it was used in the East Anglian dialect for ‘muddy swamp water’ or ‘flood water’, and probably the notion of scum or flotsam on such water led on to ‘floating bubbles,… …

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