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| ferment |
When a solid or liquid food ferments, the natural sugars contained in the food change to other substances, such as alcohol or acids. Fermenting occurs when some form of bacteria or yeast is added to the food or somehow gets into it. People use the process of fermenting to create certain foods and beverages. Yogurt is a food that is made by fermenting. Yogurt starts out as milk, which has a natural sugar in it called "lactose." A certain kind of bacteria is added to the milk to make it ferment. When the milk ferments, some of the lactose changes into an acid. That's why yogurt has a kind of sour taste. |
| rid |
If you rid a place of things you don't want, you make those things go away somehow. If someone rids their house of mice, they make the mice go away. Then they don't have mice in their house anymore. |
| somehow |
Let's say your cat was gone for many days, but it finally got home somehow. This means that the cat got home in a way that you don't know or is not clear to anyone. We often use "somehow" when doing something is difficult, and so it's hard for others to understand how someone or something could do it. |
| spy |
When you spy on someone, you secretly watch them or somehow get hidden information about them. [1/3 definitions] |
| take |
If you take something, you pick it up with your fingers or somehow get it into your hands. [1/13 definitions] |
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