Leaven

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An agent, such as yeast, that causes batter or dough to rise, especially by fermentation.
  • n. An element, influence, or agent that works subtly to lighten, enliven, or modify a whole.
  • v. To add a rising agent to.
  • v. To cause to rise, especially by fermentation.
  • v. To pervade with a lightening, enlivening, or modifying influence.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.
  • v. To add a leavening agent.
  • v. To cause to rise by fermentation.
  • v. To temper an action or decision.
  • v. To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough, produces a general change in the mass, and renders it light; yeast; barm.
  • n. Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass.
  • v. To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment.
  • v. To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See leven.
  • n. A substance that produces or is designed to produce fermentation, especially in dough; specifically, a mass of fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough or paste, produces fermentation in it and renders it light.
  • n. Something that resembles leaven in its effects, as some secret or impalpable influence working a general change, especially a change for the worse.
  • To excite fermentation in; raise and make light, as dough or paste.
  • To imbue; work upon by some invisible or powerful influence.
  • To ripen; mature.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something
  • v. cause to puff up with a leaven
  • n. a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
  • Verb Form
    leavened    leavening    leavens   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    imponderable    elevate    raise    bring up    getup    lift   
    Cross Reference
    farewell    abandon    bequeath    permit    refer    commit    deposit    desert    stop    yeast   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    yeast    barm    imbue    infect    vitiate    depart    cease    ferment    admixture   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bevan    Devon    Evan    Heaven    devon    eleven    heaven    seven   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    semblance    tinge    impress