leaven

noun

Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.

(figurative) Anything that induces change, especially a corrupting or vitiating change.

Chametz.

verb

(transitive) To cause to rise by fermentation.

(transitive) To add a leavening agent.

(transitive, figuratively) To temper an action, decision, attitude, characteristic, etc.

(transitive, figuratively) To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.

To rise or become larger; to prove.

Roots

levamenleaven- · Latin · raising agent

Synonyms for leaven

yeastn fermentn fermentationn

Words related to leaven

sourdoughn unleavenedadj loavesn yeastyadj breadn doughn pumpernickeln loafn proofingn butteringn flourn doughyadj matzon wheatenadj bakingn kneadedv kneadingv bakesv glutenn buttermilkn matzohn ryen crumbn

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