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to leaven
01
to add a substance, such as yeast, to dough or batter, causing it to rise and become lighter during the baking process
Transitive: to leaven dough or batter
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
leaven
3rd person singular
leavens
Present participle
leavening
Past simple
leavened
Past participle
leavened
Examples
She leavens her bread by carefully mixing in yeast and allowing it to ferment, resulting in a light and fluffy texture.
02
to spread through something and cause positive change or enhancement
Transitive: to leaven a place or situation
Examples
Her optimism leavened the tense atmosphere, making everyone feel more at ease.
Leaven
01
an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
leavens
02
a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
Lexical Tree
leavened
leavening
leaven
