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Look up: sour

  1. Sour
    See Acetic.
    Found on http://www.chowbaby.com/10_2000/glossary

  2. Sour
    Sharply acidic or vinegary
    Found on http://www.sallys-place.com/beverages/wi

  3. sour
    [adj] - one of the four basic taste sensations 2. [adj] - having a sharp biting taste 3. [adj] - smelling of fermentation or staleness 4. [n] - a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar 5. [n] - the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth 6. [v] - make sour or more sour 7. [v] - go sour or spoil
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Sour
    Wine which has turned into vinegar or which is in the process of doing so due to an excessive acidity.
    Found on http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/livingro

  5. sour
    containing or caused by hydrogen Sulphide or another acid gas (e.g., sour crude, sour gas, sour corrosion).
    Found on http://www.workover.co.uk/og/s.htm

  6. Sour
    A sour fluid is a fluid that contains hydrogen sulphide (H2S) at 10 ppm or more.
    Found on http://www.contractorsunlimited.co.uk/gl

  7. sour
    describes the olfactory-gustatory sensation in which acids generally produced by fermentation are predominant,as well as the foodstuffs that produce this sensation.Some factors that contribute to this sensation are related to the fermentation,for example the lactic or acetic fermentation,of a food product Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  8. Sour
    Sour adjective [ Compar. Sourer ; superl. Sourest .] [ Middle English sour , sur , Anglo-Saxon s...r ; akin to Dutch zuur , German sauer , Old High German s...r , Icelandic s...rr , Swedish sur , Danish suur , Lithuanian suras salt, Russian surovui harsh ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/150

  9. Sour
    Sour noun A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect. Spenser.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/150

  10. Sour
    Sour transitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon s...rian to sour, to become sour.] 1. To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances. « So the sun's heat, with different powers, Ripens the grape, the liquor sours Swift. 2. To make cold and unproductive, as soil. Mortimer. 3. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/150

  11. Sour
    Sour intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Soured ; present participle & verbal noun Souring .] To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity. « They keep out melancholy from the virtuous, and hinder the hatred of vice from so ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/150

  12. sour
    A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect. ... 1. To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances. 'So the sun's heat, with different powers, Ripens the grape, the liquor sours.' (Swift) ... 2. To make cold and unproductive, as soil. ... 3. To make unhappy, uneasy, or less ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  13. sour
    rancid adjective smelling of fermentation or staleness
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. sour
    adjective one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. sour
    adjective having a sharp biting taste
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. sour
    sourness noun the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  17. sour
    noun a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  18. sour
    verb go sour or spoil; `The milk has soured`; `The wine worked`; `The cream has turned--we have to throw it out`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  19. Sour
    • (v. t.) To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly. • (superl.) Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart. • (v. t.) To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes. • (superl.) Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, ra...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning


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