Definizione monolingua

leaven

leaven (third-person singular simple present leavens, present participle leavening, simple past and past participle leavened)

1. (transitive) To add a leavening agent.
2. (transitive) To cause to rise by fermentation.
3. (transitive, figuratively) To temper an action or decision.
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii

     With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get […]

leaven (plural leavens)

1. Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.

Definizione dizionario leaven

	lievito
	any agent used to make dough rise

far fermentare

fermento

lievitare

modificare

Altri significati:

(transitive, figuratively) To temper an action or decision.

Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.

(transitive) To add a leavening agent.

to cause to rise by fermentation

(transitive) To cause to rise by fermentation.

to add leavening

mold used to make sake