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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Leaven" Definition
noun
An agent, such as yeast, that causes batter or dough to rise, especially by fermentation.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
An element, influence, or agent that works subtly to lighten, enliven, or modify a whole.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A substance (as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid.
Source: Merriam-Webster
A material (as baking powder) used to produce a gas that lightens dough or batter.
Source: Merriam-Webster
Something that modifies or lightens.
Source: Merriam-Webster
verb-transitive
To add a rising agent to.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To cause to rise, especially by fermentation.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To pervade with a lightening, enlivening, or modifying influence.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To raise (as bread) with a leaven.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To mingle or permeate with some modifying, alleviating, or vivifying element.
Source: Merriam-Webster
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