Associations to the word «Leaven»
Noun
- Lump
- Dough
- Parable
- Yeast
- Baking
- Malice
- Bread
- Mustard
- Wickedness
- Loaf
- Purge
- Flour
- Hypocrisy
- Wafer
- Piety
- Heed
- Worth
- Meal
- Rye
- Cor
- Puritan
- Humour
- Quentin
- Tempest
- Sermon
- Starter
- Gospel
- Grain
- Corruption
- Wheat
- Dioxide
- Seed
- Heaven
- Whole
- Cake
- Baker
- Davies
- Trilogy
- Mixture
- Prohibition
- Christ
- Sacrifice
- Render
- Mass
- Feast
- Salt
- Sentiment
- Jesus
- Working
- Christianity
- Hopkins
- Measure
- Humanity
- Matthew
- Luke
- Influence
- Temper
- Truth
- Matt
- Substance
- Kingdom
- Spirit
- Rabbi
- Evil
- Soul
- Kansas
- Beer
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
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.
Dictionary definition
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".
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