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- [lev-uh n]
- /ˈlɛv ən/
- /ˈlev.ən/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [lev-uh n]
- /ˈlɛv ən/
Definitions of leaven word
- noun leaven a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter. 1
- noun leaven fermented dough reserved for producing fermentation in a new batch of dough. 1
- noun leaven an element that produces an altering or transforming influence. 1
- verb with object leaven to add leaven to (dough or batter) and cause to rise. 1
- verb with object leaven to permeate with an altering or transforming element. 1
- noun leaven A substance, typically yeast, that is added to dough to make it ferment and rise. 1
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Origin of leaven
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English levain < Anglo-French, Old French levain < Vulgar Latin *levāmen, equivalent to Latin levā(re) to raise + -men deverbal noun suffix (probably not continuous with Latin levāmen means of alleviating, solace)
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Parts of speech for Leaven
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
leaven popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
leaven usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for leaven
verb leaven
- lighten — to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently.
- raise — to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- pepsinate — to treat, prepare, or mix with pepsin.
- affect — If something affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change in some way.
- cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
noun leaven
- mainspring — the principal spring in a mechanism, as in a watch.
- bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
- barm — the yeasty froth on fermenting malt liquors
- fungus — any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single-celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic material in which they grow, comprising the mushrooms, molds, mildews, smuts, rusts, and yeasts, and classified in the kingdom Fungi or, in some classification systems, in the division Fungi (Thallophyta) of the kingdom Plantae.
- leavening — a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
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