leaven

  • 21leaven — raugas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Mikroorganizmų kultūra, sukelianti medžiagų, turinčių angliavandenių, rūgimą. atitikmenys: angl. ferment; leaven; starter; tannig vok. Sauerteig, m rus. микробиальная закваска, f …

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  • 22Leaven of Malice — published in 1954, is the second novel in The Salterton Trilogy by Canadian novelist Robertson Davies. The other two novels are Tempest Tost (1951) and A Mixture of Frailties (1958). The series was also published in one volume as The Salterton T …

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  • 23leaven — 1. noun /ˈlɛv.ən/ Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods. 2. verb /ˈlɛv.ən/ a) To add a leavening agent. With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined… …

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  • 24leaven — Synonyms and related words: abate, adjust to, agent, alter, alterant, alterative, alterer, assuage, bespread, besprinkle, box in, breathe, brew, catalyst, catalytic agent, circumscribe, color, condition, crawl with, creep with, decoct, diffuse,… …

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  • 25leaven — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. yeast, ferment; cause, generator. See levity. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To ferment] Syn. raise, pepsinate, lighten; see ferment . 2. [To influence] Syn. change, cause, affect; see influence . III (Roget… …

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  • 26leaven — leav·en || levn n. substance (such as yeast) which causes a batter or dough to ferment and rise; something that causes gradual change, something which alters or transforms v. add a leavening agent to a dough or batter; influence, cause gradual… …

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  • 27leaven n — retort v …

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  • 28leaven — I. n. 1. Yeast, ferment, barm, fermenting substance. 2. Pervading influence. II. v. a. 1. Produce or excite fermentation in, ferment, raise, lighten. 2. Imbue, pervade, permeate, tinge, color, inspire, elevate, lift. 3. Imbue, infect, vitiate,… …

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  • 29leaven — verb 1) yeast leavens the bread Syn: raise, make rise, puff up, expand 2) formal proceedings leavened by humor Syn: permeate, infuse, pervade, imbue, suffuse, transform; enliven, liv …

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  • 30leaven — n 1. leavening, ferment, barm, pepsin, soda; baking soda, baking powder, yeast, zyme, enzyme, zymogen; maltase, diastase, invertase, zymase. 2. catalyst, catalytic agent, agent, factor, element, determinant; transformer, modifier, alterer,… …

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