leavenverb [ T ]
uk/ˈlev.ən/us/ˈlev.ən/to add a substance to bread or another food made with flour to make it increase in size when it is cooked
formal to make something less boring:
Even a speech on a serious subject should be leavened with a little humour.
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Preparing food
- butter
- can't boil an egg idiom
- caramelize
- carve
- clarified
- cube
- dice
- fold
- knead
- liquidize
- malt
- marinade
- marinate
- salt
- spice
- stuffed
- sweeten
- thicken
- thin
- whip sth up
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