leavening
Meaning of leavening
noun
- a substance used in dough to make it rise, such as yeast or baking powder.
during the 18th century yeast was abandoned as a leavening for fruit cakes
everything will be made with natural leavening and wholegrain flour
- a quality or element that permeates and modifies or transforms something for the better.
underneath the frills and fuss there's a leavening of serious intent
- cause (dough or bread) to rise by adding yeast or another raising agent.
it only take a little bit of yeast to leaven the bread
- permeate and modify or transform (something) for the better.
the proceedings should be leavened by humour
Middle English: from Old French levain, based on Latin levamen ‘relief’ (literally ‘means of raising’), from levare ‘to lift’.
Information about leavening
- The plural form of leavening is: leavenings.
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Hyphenation of leavening
leav-en-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- leavening is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
leavening synonyms
Meaning leaven:
Meaning cause (bread) to rise, especially by the action of yeast:
Meaning (of a substance) undergo fermentation:
Meaning be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work:
Meaning make or become more cheerful or less serious:
Meaning become or make larger or more extensive:
Meaning (especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid:
Meaning fill (a balloon, tyre, or other expandable structure) with air or gas so that it becomes distended:
Meaning spread throughout (something); pervade:
Meaning fill; pervade:
Meaning (especially of a smell) spread through and be perceived in every part of:
Meaning go into or through (something), especially with force or effort:
Meaning inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality):
Meaning gradually spread through or over:
Meaning make a marked change in the form, nature, or appearance of:
Meaning make partial or minor changes to (something):
Meaning make (something) more entertaining, interesting, or appealing:
Meaning make or become faster or quicker:
Meaning fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative:
Meaning raise levels of physiological or nervous activity in (the body or any biological system):
Meaning give strength or energy to:
Meaning make more lively or interesting; enliven:
Meaning give vitality and enthusiasm to:
Meaning charge with electricity; pass an electric current through:
Meaning shock or excite (someone) into taking action:
Meaning add a quality or feature to (something), especially so as to make it more lively or exciting:
Meaning flavour with spice:
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Words that rhyme with leavening
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