Russian Meaning of leaven

закваска

Other Russian words related to закваска

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

закваска

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

анимация,плата,оживить,пропитать,внедрить,настоять,прививать,придавать бодрость,пронизывать,крутой

лишать,удалить,унести (прочь),четкий,лишиться,устранить,пустой,Полоса

leaveless => безлиственный, leaved => листопадный, leave out => упускать, leave office => оставить должность, leave off => оставить,