leaven

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(lĕv'ən) pronunciation
n.
  1. An agent, such as yeast, that causes batter or dough to rise, especially by fermentation.
  2. An element, influence, or agent that works subtly to lighten, enliven, or modify a whole.
tr.v., -ened, -en·ing, -ens.
  1. To add a rising agent to.
  2. To cause to rise, especially by fermentation.
  3. To pervade with a lightening, enlivening, or modifying influence.

[Middle English, from Old French levain, from Vulgar Latin *levāmen, from Latin levāre, to raise.]


Yeast, or a piece of dough kept to ferment the next batch.

To add a leavening agent to a mixture such as a batter or dough in order to make it rise. See also ammonium bicarbonate; baking powder; baking soda; eggs; yeast.

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noun

    An agent that stimulates or precipitates a reaction, development, or change: catalyst, ferment, leavening, yeast. See change/persist.

leaven (lĕv'ən), agent used to raise bread or other flour foods. Physical leavens include water vapor, which is released as steam at high temperatures (as in popovers), and air, which is incorporated by beating. Chemical leaven (baking powder and baking soda) and biological leavens (yeasts and certain bacteria) raise the mixture by the formation of carbon dioxide gas, which is expanded by heat. Some of the earliest leavens were barm, a yeast of fermenting malt liquor, and sourdough, a portion saved from a mass of dough as a starter for the next batch.


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To make light by fermentation, as dough.

pronunciation Yeast and baking powder are types of leaven used to make bread.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - surdej, syre, indslag
v. tr. - gennemsyre, levendegøre, sætte kulør på

Nederlands (Dutch)
rijsmiddel, gist, zuurdesem, doordringende omvormende invloed, doen rijzen/gisten (brood), doordringen en omvormen, fermenteren, iets opvrolijken/ interessanter maken

Français (French)
n. - levain
v. tr. - (Culin) faire lever

Deutsch (German)
n. - Treibmittel, Sauerteig
v. - säuern, durchdringen und umgestalten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μαγειρ.) μαγιά, προζύμι
v. - φουσκώνω, διογκώνομαι, ανεβαίνω (με ζύμωση)

Italiano (Italian)
lievito

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fermento (m), levedura (f)
v. - fermentar, levedar

Русский (Russian)
заквашивать, подвергать воздействию, дрожжи, стимул, фермент

Español (Spanish)
n. - levadura, estímulo, fermento, germen
v. tr. - leudar, hacer fermentar, penetrar, impregnar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - surdeg, positivt inslag
v. - jäsa med surdeg, syra, genomsyra, blanda

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
酵母, 酵素, 潜移默化的力量, 促使渐变的因素, 使发酵, 影响

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 酵母, 酵素, 潛移默化的力量, 促使漸變的因素
v. tr. - 使發酵, 影響

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 효모 , 효소 , 성향
v. tr. - 효모로 발효시키다, 서서히 변화를 주다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 酵母, 影響力, 気運
v. - ふくらませる, 発酵させる, 酵母を入れる, 徐々に影響を与える, 浸透する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خميرة (فعل) يضيف خميرة إلى العجين, يمزجه بشئ ملطف أو منشط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שמרים, שאור, חומר מתפיח, דבר הגורם לשינוי, השפעה‬
v. tr. - ‮הוסיף שאור, השפיע‬


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