leaven

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for leaven

leaven 🔊 /lɛˈvʌn/

leaven : මුහුන්

leaven definition

Noun.

  1. 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.
  2. Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass.

Transitive verb.

  1. To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment.
  2. To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.