souring

English

Verb

souring

1. present participle and gerund of sour

Noun

souring (countable and uncountable, plural sourings)

1. The process by which something is made, or becomes, sour; acidification.
2. The process by which fabric is soured, washing out the lime by means of acid.
3. (dated) Any sour apple.
4. (dated) Vinegar.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “souring”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Translations

process by which something is made or becomes sour

• German: Säuern n, Aussäuern n, Säuerung f, Aussäuerung f, Versäuerung f, Ansäuerung f, Versauerung f

Anagrams

• nigrous, rousing, rugosin