Word Meaning

leaven definition and meaning

n. 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.
n. Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass.
v. t. To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment.
v. t. To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.

Crossword clues for leaven

- Ferment
- Fermenting agent
- It gets the batter up
- Mass of dough
- Raising agent
- Some dough
- Yeast, say