Of bread, cake, etc.: having an airy or spongy consistency, esp. as a result of being properly risen.

Of bread: that has not risen during baking; heavy. Cf. sad, adj. 8f. Now English regional.

Of material objects. Of pastry, dough, etc.: that has failed to rise, heavy. Now chiefly regional.

Of bread, dough, etc.: fully or properly risen.

Heavy, stodgy, doughy. Chiefly used to designate bread that has not risen properly.

Of bread, pastry, etc.: that has not properly ‘risen’, and is consequently dense and compact.