Sinhala Dictionary definitions for leaven
leaven 🔊 /lɛˈvʌn/
leaven : මුහුන්
leaven definition
Noun.
- Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; Especially., 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.
- Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass.
Transitive verb.
- To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment.
- To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.