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Definition of leaven in English: leavennoun ˈlɛv(ə)nˈlɛvən mass noun1A substance, typically yeast, that is added to dough to make it ferment and rise. Example sentencesExamples - Once a batch of bread has been mixed with the leaven, there are two ways in which the system can be perpetuated.
- Once active, even a small amount of leaven will be able to convert a very large quantity of new flour and water into fresh leaven overnight.
Synonyms leavening, ferment, fermentation agent, raising agent, yeast, barm, baking powder - 1.1 Dough that is reserved from an earlier batch in order to start a later one fermenting.
2A pervasive influence that modifies something or transforms it for the better. they acted as an intellectual leaven to the warriors who dominated the city Example sentencesExamples - Being in the world, the Christian acts within the culture as a leaven, trying to transform it by communicating to others the redemption brought by Christ.
- After only five years of agitation, without abuse from us or any aggressive propagandism on our part, the leaven of this great truth has begun to work.
- It works like a leaven of forgiveness and nonviolence in a culture prone to revenge and retribution.
- A little leaven certainly has the power to affect the whole lump.
verb ˈlɛv(ə)nˈlɛvən [with object]1usually as adjective leavenedCause (dough or bread) to ferment and rise by adding leaven. leavened breads are forbidden during Passover Example sentencesExamples - He compares the rage of the people to a burning oven which the baker heats, until his dough is leavened and raised.
- The Jews Jesus was speaking to would have viewed leavened bread as profane; it was unleavened bread that was sacred.
- There is only one time when leavened bread was offered, to represent the thanksgiving of the people.
- These ingredients have been used individually in the preparation of other yeast leavened dough products.
- As it ages, natural leavened bread will retain its moisture and keep well without refrigeration, quite opposed from the yeasted bread that stales and dries out within hours after its baking.
- With naturally leavened bread, the magic of bread baking - the leavening process - originates right here within the four walls of the bakery.
- An understanding of leavening ingredients and the interrelationship of other ingredients, preparation methods, heat and other factors, will help produce a final product of optimum quality.
- Another method of leavening is the use of whipped egg whites, which traps air in bubbles.
- The children of Israel left Egypt in a hurry and did not have time to leaven their bread.
- Several dozen of the Haredim managed to make their way to a street where chametz, or leavened bread, is sold.
- An extrusion method is used to obtain leavened dough products with desirable characteristics.
- Why does the Orthodox church use leavened bread and most Protestant fellowships use unleavened bread?
- By the way - if the batter is mixed for too long, the excess blending can cause the premature formation and escape of the carbon dioxide that is needed for leavening the pancakes.
- The Hebrew word ‘hametz’ is translated as leavened bread and refers to food prepared from five species of grain - wheat, barley, oats, spelt, and rye - that has been allowed to leaven.
- Air bubbles can also be trapped in beaten egg whites, a technique used to leaven angel food or sponge cakes.
Synonyms raise, make rise, ferment, work, lighten, puff up, expand, swell, inflate 2Permeate and modify or transform (something) for the better. the proceedings should be leavened by humour Example sentencesExamples - It's obvious that he grew up loving old-fashioned shoot-em-ups and the humour that sometimes leavened the action.
- There is a bit of sarcasm too that leavens the portrayal at times but it never veers to irreverence.
- There is lots of humor to leaven the suspense, as Christie fans will expect, particularly in scenes where Poirot gets to trump suspects who have treated him dismissively.
- For the next two weeks the schedules will be Olympics wall-to-wall, so I'm guessing that come next Friday we will all be gagging for a bit of inspired fiction to leaven the diet of real-life heartbreak and triumph.
- In his writing he has honed a unique style of time-twisting montage, leavening the serious stuff with an eye for intriguing detail and an ear for a telling tale.
- Frazier's sense of humor leavens his troubling reflections on the roles evil and envy play in the terribly sad history of the Sioux, in particular, and Native Americans in general.
- The subject matter is still that of broken relationships but, whereas before the sense was of an unremitting resignation, now a lighter note leavens the confessionals.
- It is an accomplished film that uses dark humor to leaven its serious topics.
- We are not encouraging any use of these sites save the one stated purpose of identifying leavening agents.
- There is humour enough to leaven proceedings.
- I also was impressed by the amount of humor Washington uses to leaven the heavy material, giving every little character a realistic quirk and cutting judiciously on the funny lines to keep the timing solid.
- His narrative exposition crams in immense acreages of information, while nonetheless barrelling along at an exhilarating speed, and he leavens his social analysis with vignettes of individual Californians who have made a difference.
- This doesn't answer the question really, but then it could be argued that a little bit of humour does much to leaven the blandness of what passes for reporting and analysis in the Indian press.
- Fortunately, she has a sharp and tarry black humour, so while she attacks the objects of her wrath, she leavens the battle with a running current of dark and infectious wit.
- In typical Tutu fashion - leavening painful moments with humour and lifting the spirit in joy - the archbishop had the congregation smiling while reflecting on the sacrifices Naude had made.
- He leavens his vision of the human slaughterhouse with emotions, but these nearly always lead to impasse, or compromise.
- I wish all those kids were doing some kind of composition and improvisation as well, leavening their virtuosity with creativity.
- And here, unlike in his previous shows, there is not enough humour or anger to leaven the piece, which takes its own philosophical possibilities just a little too seriously.
- They're well-crafted, well-executed lyrics, often with a modicum of internal or (less often) end rhyme which leavens them in the mind.
- Rustic humors punctuate and leaven the boxlike patterns of the plot, which gathers itself before each action as if for an aria.
Synonyms permeate, infuse, pervade, penetrate, imbue, suffuse, transform, modify enliven, lighten, quicken, inspire, stimulate, liven up, invigorate, vivify, ginger up, energize, electrify, galvanize, perk up, brighten up, cheer up, season, spice informal buck up, pep up, add zest to, add zing to
Derivatives nounˈlɛv(ə)nəˈlɛvənər A substance used in dough to make it rise, such as yeast or baking powder. whisking will evenly distribute the leavener and salt in the dough Example sentencesExamples - Animal fat, or lard, which has a high smoking point, is very effective as a leavener in flaky pastries and tart shells.
- Self-rising flour has leavener already in it (like baking powder or baking soda).
- By the late 19th century baking powder had replaced yeast entirely as a leavener for cakes.
Origin Middle English: from Old French levain, based on Latin levamen 'relief' (literally 'means of raising'), from levare 'to lift'. elevate from Late Middle English: The word elevate is from Latin elevare ‘to raise’, based on levis ‘light’, found also in alleviate (Late Middle English) ‘lighten’, levity (mid 16th century), relieve (Middle English), and the leaven (Middle English) used in bread-making to lighten the loaf.
Rhymes Bevan, Devon, eleven, Evan, heaven, Pleven, seven, Severn Definition of leaven in US English: leavennounˈlɛvənˈlevən 1A substance, typically yeast, that is used in dough to make it rise. Example sentencesExamples - Once a batch of bread has been mixed with the leaven, there are two ways in which the system can be perpetuated.
- Once active, even a small amount of leaven will be able to convert a very large quantity of new flour and water into fresh leaven overnight.
Synonyms leavening, ferment, fermentation agent, raising agent, yeast, barm, baking powder - 1.1 Dough that is reserved from an earlier batch in order to start a later one fermenting.
2A pervasive influence that modifies something or transforms it for the better. they acted as an intellectual leaven to the warriors who dominated the city Example sentencesExamples - Being in the world, the Christian acts within the culture as a leaven, trying to transform it by communicating to others the redemption brought by Christ.
- It works like a leaven of forgiveness and nonviolence in a culture prone to revenge and retribution.
- After only five years of agitation, without abuse from us or any aggressive propagandism on our part, the leaven of this great truth has begun to work.
- A little leaven certainly has the power to affect the whole lump.
verbˈlɛvənˈlevən [with object]1usually as adjective leavenedCause (dough or bread) to rise by adding leaven. leavened breads are forbidden during Passover Example sentencesExamples - The Hebrew word ‘hametz’ is translated as leavened bread and refers to food prepared from five species of grain - wheat, barley, oats, spelt, and rye - that has been allowed to leaven.
- An extrusion method is used to obtain leavened dough products with desirable characteristics.
- An understanding of leavening ingredients and the interrelationship of other ingredients, preparation methods, heat and other factors, will help produce a final product of optimum quality.
- He compares the rage of the people to a burning oven which the baker heats, until his dough is leavened and raised.
- As it ages, natural leavened bread will retain its moisture and keep well without refrigeration, quite opposed from the yeasted bread that stales and dries out within hours after its baking.
- The children of Israel left Egypt in a hurry and did not have time to leaven their bread.
- Several dozen of the Haredim managed to make their way to a street where chametz, or leavened bread, is sold.
- By the way - if the batter is mixed for too long, the excess blending can cause the premature formation and escape of the carbon dioxide that is needed for leavening the pancakes.
- With naturally leavened bread, the magic of bread baking - the leavening process - originates right here within the four walls of the bakery.
- The Jews Jesus was speaking to would have viewed leavened bread as profane; it was unleavened bread that was sacred.
- Air bubbles can also be trapped in beaten egg whites, a technique used to leaven angel food or sponge cakes.
- There is only one time when leavened bread was offered, to represent the thanksgiving of the people.
- These ingredients have been used individually in the preparation of other yeast leavened dough products.
- Another method of leavening is the use of whipped egg whites, which traps air in bubbles.
- Why does the Orthodox church use leavened bread and most Protestant fellowships use unleavened bread?
Synonyms raise, make rise, ferment, work, lighten, puff up, expand, swell, inflate 2Permeate and modify or transform (something) for the better. the proceedings should be leavened by humor Example sentencesExamples - Frazier's sense of humor leavens his troubling reflections on the roles evil and envy play in the terribly sad history of the Sioux, in particular, and Native Americans in general.
- We are not encouraging any use of these sites save the one stated purpose of identifying leavening agents.
- I also was impressed by the amount of humor Washington uses to leaven the heavy material, giving every little character a realistic quirk and cutting judiciously on the funny lines to keep the timing solid.
- Rustic humors punctuate and leaven the boxlike patterns of the plot, which gathers itself before each action as if for an aria.
- There is humour enough to leaven proceedings.
- It's obvious that he grew up loving old-fashioned shoot-em-ups and the humour that sometimes leavened the action.
- In his writing he has honed a unique style of time-twisting montage, leavening the serious stuff with an eye for intriguing detail and an ear for a telling tale.
- In typical Tutu fashion - leavening painful moments with humour and lifting the spirit in joy - the archbishop had the congregation smiling while reflecting on the sacrifices Naude had made.
- He leavens his vision of the human slaughterhouse with emotions, but these nearly always lead to impasse, or compromise.
- His narrative exposition crams in immense acreages of information, while nonetheless barrelling along at an exhilarating speed, and he leavens his social analysis with vignettes of individual Californians who have made a difference.
- There is a bit of sarcasm too that leavens the portrayal at times but it never veers to irreverence.
- The subject matter is still that of broken relationships but, whereas before the sense was of an unremitting resignation, now a lighter note leavens the confessionals.
- There is lots of humor to leaven the suspense, as Christie fans will expect, particularly in scenes where Poirot gets to trump suspects who have treated him dismissively.
- Fortunately, she has a sharp and tarry black humour, so while she attacks the objects of her wrath, she leavens the battle with a running current of dark and infectious wit.
- I wish all those kids were doing some kind of composition and improvisation as well, leavening their virtuosity with creativity.
- For the next two weeks the schedules will be Olympics wall-to-wall, so I'm guessing that come next Friday we will all be gagging for a bit of inspired fiction to leaven the diet of real-life heartbreak and triumph.
- They're well-crafted, well-executed lyrics, often with a modicum of internal or (less often) end rhyme which leavens them in the mind.
- And here, unlike in his previous shows, there is not enough humour or anger to leaven the piece, which takes its own philosophical possibilities just a little too seriously.
- It is an accomplished film that uses dark humor to leaven its serious topics.
- This doesn't answer the question really, but then it could be argued that a little bit of humour does much to leaven the blandness of what passes for reporting and analysis in the Indian press.
Synonyms permeate, infuse, pervade, penetrate, imbue, suffuse, transform, modify
Origin Middle English: from Old French levain, based on Latin levamen ‘relief’ (literally ‘means of raising’), from levare ‘to lift’. |