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FOMENT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does foment mean?

• FOMENT (verb)
The verb FOMENT has 2 senses:

1. try to stir up public opinion
2. bathe with warm water or medicated lotions

Familiarity information: FOMENT used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FOMENT (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Try to stir up public opinion

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

agitate; foment; stir up

Hypernyms (to "foment" is one way to...):

provoke; stimulate (provide the needed stimulus for)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "foment"):

rumpus (cause a disturbance)

Sentence frames:

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Bathe with warm water or medicated lotions

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Context example:

His legs should be fomented

Hypernyms (to "foment" is one way to...):

bath; bathe (clean one's body by immersion into water)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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