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FOMENT

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bathe with warm water or medicated lotions

Example:

His legs should be fomented

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

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

bathe (cleanse the entire body)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

fomentation (application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Try to stir up public opinion

Synonyms:

agitate; foment; stir up

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

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:

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

Derivation:

fomentation (deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord))

fomenter (one who agitates; a political troublemaker)

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