Associations to the word «Leaven»

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

LEAVEN, noun. (figurative) Anything that makes a general assimilating change in the mass.

LEAVEN, verb. (transitive) To add a leavening agent.

LEAVEN, verb. (transitive) To cause to rise by fermentation.

LEAVEN, verb. (transitive) (figuratively) To temper an action or decision.

LEAVEN, verb. To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.

LEAVEN, noun. A substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid.

LEAVEN, noun. An influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something; "his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor".

LEAVEN, verb. Cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread".