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")
