Slovak Meaning of leaven

kvások

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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

kvások

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

animovať,poplatok,oživiť,preniknúť,vštepiť,namočiť,očkovať,osviežiť,prenikať,strmý

zbaviť,odstrániť,vziať (preč),jasný,zbaviť sa niečoho,eliminovať,prázdny,Pás

leaveless => bezlistý, leaved => listnatý, leave out => vynechať, leave office => opustiť funkciu, leave off => prestať,