Uk English Meaning of leaven
leaven
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Definitions and Meaning of leaven in English
leaven (n)
a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something
leaven (v)
cause to puff up with a leaven
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.
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
leaven
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
animate,charge,enliven,imbue,inculcate,infuse,inoculate,invigorate,pervade,steep
deprive,remove,take (away),clear,divest,eliminate,empty,Strip
leaveless => leaveless, leaved => deciduous, leave out => leave out, leave office => resign, leave off => leave off,
