German Meaning of leaven

Sauerteig

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Definitions and Meaning of leaven in English

Wordnet

leaven (n)

a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid

an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something

Wordnet

leaven (v)

cause to puff up with a leaven

Webster

leaven (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.

Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass.

Webster

leaven (v. t.)

To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment.

To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.

FAQs About the word leaven

Sauerteig

a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid, an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something, cause to puff up with a leavenAny

animieren,Gebühr,beleben,durchdringen,einprägen,infundieren,impfen,beleben,durchdringen,steil

berauben,entfernen,wegnehmen,klar,sich entäußern,eliminieren,leer,Streifen

leaveless => blattlos, leaved => laubabwerfend, leave out => auslassen, leave office => sein Amt niederlegen, leave off => aufhören,