ALL meanings of leaven
leav·en
L l - transitive verb leaven add rising agent to 1
- noun leaven bread: rising agent 1
- transitive verb leaven bread: cause to rise 1
- transitive verb leaven mood, tone: lighten 1
- noun leaven A substance, typically yeast, that is added to dough to make it ferment and rise. 1
- 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 Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods. 0
- noun leaven (figuratively) Anything that makes a general assimilating change in the mass. 0
- verb leaven (Transitive Verb) To add a leavening agent. 0
- verb leaven (Transitive Verb) To cause to rise by fermentation. 0
- verb leaven (Transitive Verb) (figuratively) To temper an action or decision. 0
- verb leaven To imbue; to infect; to vitiate. 0
- verb leaven If a situation or activity is leavened by or with something, it is made more interesting or cheerful. 0
- noun leaven any substance that produces fermentation in dough or batter, such as yeast, and causes it to rise 0
- noun leaven a piece of such a substance kept to ferment a new batch of dough 0
- noun leaven an agency or influence that produces a gradual change 0
- verb leaven to cause fermentation in (dough or batter) 0
- verb leaven to pervade, causing a gradual change, esp with some moderating or enlivening influence 0
- noun leaven a small piece of fermenting dough put aside to be used for producing fermentation in a fresh batch of dough 0
- noun leaven leavening (sense 1) 0
- noun leaven leavening (sense 2) 0
- verb transitive leaven to make (batter or dough) rise before or during baking by means of a leavening agent 0
- verb transitive leaven to spread through, causing a gradual change 0