noun, verb
noun [U] a substance, especially YEAST, that is added to bread before it is cooked to make it rise: (figurative) A few jokes add leaven to a boring speech.
verb [VN] [oftenpassive] ~ sth (with sth) (formal) to make sth more interesting or cheerful by adding sth to it:
Her speech was leavened with a touch of humour.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for leaven is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does leaven appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — leaven appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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