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1. (n.) leaven
a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
2. leaven
fermented dough reserved for producing fermentation in a new batch of dough.
3. leaven
an element that produces an altering or transforming influence.
4. (v.t.) leaven
to add leaven to (dough or batter) and cause to rise.
5. leaven
to permeate with an altering or transforming element.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME levain < AF, OF levain < VL *levāmen)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) leaven, leavening
a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
2. (verb) leaven, leavening
an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something
"his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor"
3. (verb) raise, leaven, prove
cause to puff up with a leaven
"unleavened bread"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Leaven
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
2. (noun) Leaven
anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass
3. (verb) Leaven
to make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment
4. (verb) Leaven
to imbue; to infect; to vitiate
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