Leaven
noun
- 1.
- (a substance (such as yeast) that produces fermentation in dough, a quality or influence that lightens or enlivens something) bread leaven ដំបែ, ត្រាំទុក, leaven for good គ្រឿងបង្កើត
verb — past tense: leavened ; past participle: leavened ; present participle: leavening ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to make (hatter or dough) rise with a leavening agent, to a gradual change) leaven bread ធ្វើអោយឡើង (ដូចដំបែ ។ល។), leaven their crudeness ធ្វើអោយអន់ ថយឡើង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough, produces a general change in the mass, and renders it light; yeast; barm.
- 2.
- Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass.
verb — past tense: leavened ; past participle: leavened ; present participle: leavening ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.