| VERB | motion | leaven, raise, prove | cause to puff up with a leaven |
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| NOUN | substance | leaven, leavening | a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid / liquid |
| cognition | leaven, leavening | an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something |
| Sounds | leh'vahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid / liquid. | |
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| Synonym | leavening | |
| Narrower | baking powder | Any of various powdered mixtures used in baking as a substitute for yeast |
| sourdough | A leaven of dough in which fermentation is active | |
| yeast, barm | A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells | |
| Broader | substance | A particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties |
| Spanish | levadura, polvos de hornear | |
| Catalan | llevat | |
| Verbs | leaven | cause to puff up with a leaven |
| Meaning | An influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor" | |
| Synonym | leavening | |
| Broader | imponderable | A factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed |
| Meaning | Cause to puff up with a leaven. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Model | They leaven more bread | |
| Example | "unleavened bread" | |
| Synonyms | raise, prove | |
| Cause to | rise, prove | increase / increase in volume |
| Broader | raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up | Raise from a lower to a higher position |
| Spanish | hacer crecer, leudar, levantar | |
| Nouns | leaven | a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid / liquid |
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