Synonymer

Uttal

  • UttalUS
  • UK:
    • IPA: /ˈlɛv.ən/
  • US:
    • IPA: /ˈlɛv.ən/

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Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.
  2. (figurative) Anything that makes a general assimilating change in the mass.

Verb

  1. (transitive) To add a leavening agent.
  2. (transitive) To cause to rise by fermentation.
  3. (transitive, figuratively) To temper an action or decision.
  4. To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.

Exempel

  • Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
  • With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[...]
  • With these and the like deceivable doctrines, he leavens also his prayer.

Böjningsformer

PerfektparticipleavenedImperfektleavened
PresensparticipleaveningPluralleavens
Tredje person singular indicativ presensleavensTredje person singular indicativ presensleaveneth