vinegar

A sour liquid containing acetic acid, produced by fermenting a solution (such as wine or fermented rice) containing ethanol produced by a previous fermentation, used as a condiment and preservative.

Sourness of speech or mood; ill temper.

Liveliness and enthusiasm; vim.

Dilute and impure acetic acid, obtained by the acetous fermentation.

Anything really or metaphorically sour; sourness of temper. Also used attributively to signify sour or crabbed.

In pharmacy, a solution of a medicinal substance in acetic acid, or vinegar; acetum.

To make into vinegar, or make sour like vinegar.

To apply vinegar to; pour vinegar over; also, to mix with vinegar.

To convert into vinegar; to make like vinegar; to render sour or sharp.

A sour liquid used as a condiment, or as a preservative, and obtained by the spontaneous (acetous) fermentation, or by the artificial oxidation, of wine, cider, beer, or the like.