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Definition of Leaven
1. Verb. Cause to puff up with a leaven. "They leaven more bread"; "Unleavened bread"
Generic synonyms: Bring Up, Elevate, Get Up, Lift, Raise
Causes: Prove, Rise
2. Noun. A substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid.
Generic synonyms: Substance
Specialized synonyms: Baking Powder, Sourdough, Barm, Yeast
3. Noun. An influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something. "His sermons benefited from a leavening of humor"
Definition of Leaven
1. 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.
2. v. t. To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment.
Definition of Leaven
1. Noun. Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To add a leavening agent. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To cause to rise by fermentation. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive figuratively) To temper an action or decision. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Leaven
1. to produce fermentation in [v -ED, -ING, -S]
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