gären — meaning in English

English meaning

• cook noun A person who prepares food, especially as a job.
• ferment verb To undergo a chemical change caused by yeast or bacteria, often turning sugars into alcohol or acid.

Senses

gären is used for these senses in English:

• cook (ambitransitive) To prepare food for eating by heating it, often combining with other ingredients.
• ferment To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.

cook — full definition

1. noun A person who prepares food, especially as a job.
2. verb To prepare food by applying heat.
3. verb (slang) To manufacture illegal drugs, especially methamphetamine.
4. verb (informal) To tamper with or falsify records or figures.
5. verb (informal) To be doing very well or proceeding successfully.

ferment — full definition

1. verb To undergo a chemical change caused by yeast or bacteria, often turning sugars into alcohol or acid.
2. verb To stir up unrest, excitement, or trouble.
3. noun A state of excitement, agitation, or unrest.

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