Definitions for leaven

Overview of noun leaven

The noun leaven has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. leaven, leavening

(a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid)

2. leaven, leavening

(an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something; "his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor")

Overview of verb leaven

The verb leaven has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. raise, leaven, prove

(cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread")