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
verbpast 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.
verbpast 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.