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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024leav•en /ˈlɛvən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Fooda substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
- an element that produces a change, as by making something dull become more lively.
v. [~ + object] - Foodto add leaven to (dough or batter).
- to fill (a situation) with something that produces or causes a change.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024leav•en (lev′ən),USA pronunciation n. - Fooda substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
- Foodfermented dough reserved for producing fermentation in a new batch of dough.
- Foodan element that produces an altering or transforming influence.
v.t. - Foodto add leaven to (dough or batter) and cause to rise.
- Foodto permeate with an altering or transforming element.
- Vulgar Latin *levāmen, equivalent. to Latin levā(re) to raise + -men deverbal noun, nominal suffix (probably not continuous with Latin levāmen means of alleviating, solace)
- Anglo-French, Old French levain
- Middle English levain 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: leaven /ˈlɛvən/ n
Also: leavening - any substance that produces fermentation in dough or batter, such as yeast, and causes it to rise
- a piece of such a substance kept to ferment a new batch of dough
- an agency or influence that produces a gradual change
vb (transitive)- to cause fermentation in (dough or batter)
- to pervade, causing a gradual change, esp with some moderating or enlivening influence
Etymology: 14th Century: via Old French ultimately from Latin levāmen relief, (hence, raising agent, leaven), from levāre to raise |