Leaven

Definitions: Leaven

Leaven

Noun

1. A substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid.

2. An influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something; "his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor".

Verb

1. Cause to puff up with a leaven; of dough; "unleavened bread".

Date "leaven" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Bible	Leaven (1.) Heb. seor (Ex. 12:15, 19; 13:7; Lev. 2:11), the remnant of dough from the preceding baking which had fermented and become acid. (2.) Heb. hamets, properly "ferment." In Num. 6:3, "vinegar of wine" is more correctly "fermented wine." In Ex. 13:7, the proper rendering would be, "Unfermented things [Heb. matstsoth] shall be consumed during the seven days; and there shall not be seen with thee fermented things [hamets], and there shall not be seen with thee leavened mass [seor] in all thy borders." The chemical definition of ferment or yeast is "a substance in a state of putrefaction, the atoms of which are in a continual motion." The use of leaven was strictly forbidden in all offerings made to the Lord by fire (Lev. 2:11; 7:12; 8:2; Num. 6:15). Its secretly penetrating and diffusive power is referred to in 1 Cor. 5:6. In this respect it is used to illustrate the growth of the kingdom of heaven both in the individual heart and in the world (Matt. 13:33). It is a figure also of corruptness and of perverseness of heart and life (Matt. 16:6, 11; Mark 8:15; 1 Cor. 5:7, 8). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
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Synonyms: Leaven

Synonyms: leavening (n), prove (v), raise (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Bane	Poison, toxin; teratogen; leaven, virus venom; arsenic; antimony, tartar emetic; strychnine, nicotine; miasma, miasm, mephitis, malaria, azote, sewer gas; pest.
Cause	Noun: cause, origin, source, principle, element; occasioner, prime mover, primum mobile; vera causa; author; (producer); mainspring; agent; leaven; groundwork, foundation; (support).
Component	Noun: component; component part, integral part, integrant part; element, constituent, ingredient, leaven; part and parcel; contents; appurtenance; feature; member; (part); personnel.
Deterioration	Impairment, inquination, injury, damage, loss, detriment, delaceration, outrage, havoc, inroad, ravage, scath; perversion, prostitution, vitiation, discoloration, oxidation, pollution, defoedation, poisoning, venenation, leaven, contamination, canker, corruption, adulteration, alloy.
	Deteriorate; weaken; put back, set back; taint, infect, contaminate, poison, empoison, envenom, canker, corrupt, exulcerate, pollute, vitiate, inquinate; debase, embase; denaturalize, denature, leaven; deflower, debauch, defile, deprave, degrade; ulcerate; stain; (dirt); discolor; alloy, adulterate, sophisticate, tamper with, prejudice.
Levity	Render light. Adjective: lighten, leaven.
	Leaven, ferment, barm, yeast.
Qualification	Verb: qualify, limit, modify, leaven, give a color to, introduce new conditions, narrow, temper.
	Moderate, temper, season, leaven.
Uncleanness	Render unclean; Adjective: dirt, dirty; daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear; smirch; begrease;dabble, drabble, draggle, daggle; spatter, slubber; besmear; bemire, beslime, begrime, befoul; splash, stain, distain, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven; corrupt; (injure); cover with dust; Noun: drabble in the mud; roil.
	Defilement, contamination; Verb: defoedation; soilure, soiliness; abomination; leaven; taint, tainture; fetor. decay; putrescence, putrefaction; corruption; mold, must, mildew, dry rot, mucor, rubigo.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Leaven

English words defined with "leaven": baker's yeast, brewer's yeast ♦ Leavenous ♦ Overleaven ♦ prove ♦ raise ♦ Saccharomyces cerevisiae, sourdough ♦ To set a sponge. (references)

Specialty definitions using "leaven": A�rated Bread ♦ Flatterers ♦ Pippa Passes. (references)

Etymologies containing "leaven": Enzyme, Erythrozyme ♦ Histozyme ♦ Microzyme ♦ Zyme, Zymotic. (references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	The Leaven of Good (1914)
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Domain	Title
Books	A Little Leaven (reference) As Leaven in the World: Catholic Perspectives on Faith, Vocation, and the Intellectual Life (reference) Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees (reference) Beware the Leaven (reference) Holiness: Living Leaven Free (reference) (more book examples)
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Title	Author	Quote
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	Not a word about leaven.
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"Leaven" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 65.00% of the time. "Leaven" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	65%	13	97,576
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	25%	5	157,705
Lexical Verb (base form)	10%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	20	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "leaven" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Leaven	Last name	100	82,185
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions using "leaven": leaven with ♦ Red Leaven. Additional references.
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The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "leaven"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		tharm (acid, cause, ferment, principle, yeast, zyme), maja (crown, yeast), farë buke, bëj brumin të vijë. (various references)

Arabic		‏مزجه بشئ منشط, ‏خميرة (barm, enzyme, ferment, leavening, sourness, yeast), ‏أضاف خميرة. (various references)

Bulgarian		квас (ferment, kvass, sourdough, yeast), въздействие (action, edge, effect, impact, impingement, influence, reach, repercussions), влияние (action, coloring, colouring, credit, dominance, domination, drag, effect, empire, force, grip, gripe, hold, impact, influence, interest, prestige, pull, punch, purchase, reach, stimulus, sway), оказвам въздействие (take effect), мая (lop, yeast), замесвам с мая, активизиращ елемент, променям (alter, change, change to, differentiate, graduate, modify, mutate, remodel, reshape, reverse, shade, shift, turn, vary), пропивам (infiltrate, penetrate, soak, tincture), правя тесто да втаса, подкваса (ferment). (various references)

Chinese		酵母 (yeast), 发酵头. (various references)

Czech		kvasnice (yeast), kvásek. (various references)

Danish		surdej (half sour, leavened dough), rendyrket forgæring (starter), pied de cuve (starter). (various references)

Dutch		gist (ferment, yeast). (various references)

Esperanto		fermentilo (yeast). (various references)

Farsi		مخمرکردن , وراوردن , عامل کارگر, خمیرمایه , خمیرکردن (Knead, Levigate, Mash, Masticate), خمیرترش (Yeast). (various references)

Finnish		pied de cuve (starter), nostatusaine, käymisjuuri (starter), juuri (foot, freshly, fully, just, just now, newly, quite, root, starter). (various references)

French		levain (leavened dough, leavening). (various references)

German		sauerteig (leavened dough, sour dough, sourdough). (various references)

Greek		προζύμιο (leavened dough). (various references)

Hebrew		שאור (leavening, sourdough, yeast), חמץ (leavened bread), סור (banished, evil ways, fermentation, removed, separated), סאור (yeast). (various references)

Hungarian		megkeleszt, kovász (ferment, sourdough, yeast), élesztõ (yeast). (various references)

Indonesian		ragi (baking-powder, barm, yeast). (various references)

Italian		lievito (ferment, leavened dough, leavening, sourdough, starter, yeast), lievitare (gain, grow, rise), trasformare (alter, build, change, metamorphose, to transform, transform, turn, turn into), pie'di tino (starter), fare lievitare. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		麹 (malt, mould used to make sake, yeast), 酵母 (yeast), 醸母 (yeast). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		�"うぼ (public appeal, public contribution, yeast), �"うじ (affairs after one's death, alley, bait, construction work, curious, decoy, edict, fortune, future affairs, good deed, government business, higher-order-, lane, lure, malt, meta-, mould used to make sake, mouth and ear, public announcement, yeast), じょうぼ (yeast). (various references)

Manx		soorid (sourness), sooraghey (sour), jiastyn (barm, yeast), jastee (barm, yeast), cur jiastyn ayn. (various references)

Norwegian		surdeig. (various references)

Pig Latin		eavenlay

Portuguese		levedura (baker's yeast, barm, lactic starter, leavened dough, leaves, starter, starter culture, yeast), fermento (baker's yeast, barm, ferment, lactic starter, leavening, starter, starter culture, yeast). (various references)

Romanian		supune influenţei, pune la dospit, plãmãdealã, maia, influenţã (action, ascendancy, authority, carry over, credit, effect, force, hold, impact, influence, influenza, potency, push, reaction, weight), ferment (enzyme, ferment, yeast), dospi (ferment, yeast), înrâurire (effect). (various references)

Russian		влияние (affectedness, authority, carry weight, cinch, credit, dominance, hold, impact, influence, interest, say, weight), закваска (emptyings, ferment, sourdough, yeast), дрожжи (barm, ferment, yeast, yeasts). (various references)

Scottish		taoisnich. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		uticati snažno, snažan uticaj, metnuti kvasac, kvasac (barm, ferment, leavening, yeast), kiselo testo (sourdough), ali iz potaje. (various references)

Spanish		levadura (brewer's yeast, leavened dough, leavening, yeast, yeasts). (various references)

Swedish		surdeg (leavening, sourdough). (various references)

Turkish		mayalamak (brew), mayalama (leavening), mayalı hamur, maya (barm, ferment, maya, sourdough, yeast, yeast powder), hamur (clay, dough, paste, stuff), etkileme (action, affection, coaction, grip, infectiousness, leavening), etki (action, bearing, clout, drag, drift, effect, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, force, forcefulness, hold, impact, impress, impression, imprint, incidence, influence, interest, jolt, penetration, point, potency, pull, purchase, reflection, reflexion, ring, sound, stamp, sway, virtue, weight), bozmak (abash, abolish, adulterate, affect, alloy, annihilate, annul, baffle, ball up, barbarize, bedevil, blemish, botch, break, break down, break off, break on, bugger, bugger up, bust, cash, change, circumvent, confound, confuse, contaminate, corrupt, cross, damage, debase, debauch, decay, declare off, deface, defile, destroy, deteriorate, disappoint, disarray, discolor, discolour, discomfit, discomfort, discompose, discountenance, dislocate, dismount, disorder, disrupt, dissolve, distort, disturb, downgrade, emasculate, embarrass, embroil, exchange, explode, fluff, foil, foul, foul up, fumble, garble, goof, goof up, gum up, Harry, impair, indispose, infect, infringe, lead astray, mangle, Mar, mess, murder, muss, mutilate, obliterate, pervert, pollute, put out, put out of action, put to shame, quash, queer, rattle, reverse, rot, ruffle, ruin, scotch, scupper, shatter, sour, spoil, stymie, taint, thwart, tousle, tumble, undo, unmake, upset, violate, vitiate, whittle away, whittle down, whittle off, wreck). (various references)

Turkmen		maяa (camel, ferment), gor (ferment). (various references)

Ukranian		закваска (barm, ferment, sourdough, yeast), заквашувати (sour), дріжджі (barm, yeast). (various references)

Vietnamese		chất pha trộn v� o chúng cùng một giuộc, ảnh hưởng l� m lan ra chất nhuộm v� o. (various references)

Welsh		lefeinio, lefain, surdoes, eplesu (ferment), eples (ferment). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	levanem. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Luke Chapter 13, Verse 21
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Omoia estin zumh hn labousa gunh enekruyen eiV aleurou sata tria ewV ou ezumwqh olon
Latin	405	Vulgate	Simile est fermento quod acceptum mulier abscondit in farinae sata tria donec fermentaretur totum
Old English	990	West Saxon	Hit is gelic þam beorman þe þæt wif onfengc. and behydde on þam melewe þreo gemetu. oð hit wearð eall ahafen;
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	It is lijk to sourdouy, that a womman took, and hidde it `in to thre mesuris of mele, til al were sourid.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	It is lyke leve which a woman toke and hidde in thre busshels of floure tyll all was thorow levended.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	It is like leaven, which a woman put into three measures of meal, and it was all leavened.
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Language	Luke Chapter 13, Verse 21
Bulgarian	Прилича на квас, който една жена взе и замеси в три мери брашно, докле вкисна всичкото.
Cebuano	Kini sama sa igpapatubo nga gikuha sa usa ka babaye ug gilubong diha sa tulo ka takus nga harina, hangtud gikapatuboan ang tanan."
Chinese	好 �" 麵酵、有婦人拿來藏在三斗麵裡、直等全糰都發起來。
Croatian	Ono je kao kad žena uze kvasac i zamijesi ga u tri mjere brašna dok sve ne uskisne."
Danish	Det ligner en Surdejg, som en Kvinde tog og lagde ned i tre Mål Mel, indtil det blev syret alt sammen."
Dutch	Het is gelijk aan een zuurdesem, welken een vrouw nam, en verborg in drie maten meels, totdat het geheel gezuurd was.
Finnish	Se on hapatuksen kaltainen, jonka nainen otti ja sekoitti kolmeen vakalliseen jauhoja, kunnes kaikki happani."
French	Il est semblable � du levain qu`une femme a pris et mis dans trois mesures de farine, pour faire lever toute la pâte.
German	Es ist einem Sauerteige gleich, welchen ein Weib nahm und verbarg ihn unter drei Scheffel Mehl, bis daß es ganz sauer ward.
Haitian Creole	Li tankou ledven yon fanm pran li mete nan twa mezi farin pou fè tout pa t' la leve.
Hungarian	Hasonló a kovászhoz, melyet az asszony vévén, három mércze lisztbe elegyíte, mígnem az egész megkele.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Keadaannya seperti ragi yang diambil oleh seorang wanita lalu diaduk dengan empat puluh liter tepung, sampai berkembang semuanya."
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Yaitu seumpama ragi, yang diambil oleh seorang perempuan, dibubuhnya dalam tepung tiga sukatan, sampai khamir semuanya."
Italian	E' simile al lievito che una donna ha preso e nascosto in tre staia di farina, finché sia tutta fermentata».
Korean	마 치 여 자 가 가 루 서 말 속 에 갖 다 넣 어 � � 부 부 �'� 게 한 누 룩 과 같 으 니 라' 하 셨 �" 라
Latvian	Tâ lîdzîga raugam, kuru sieviete paòçma un iejauca trijos mçros miltu, kamçr viss sarûga.
Manx Gaelic	Te goll-rish soorid, ren ben y ghoaill as follaghey ayns three towseyn dy veinn, derrey va'n clane soorit.
Maori	He rite ki te rewena i tangohia e tetahi wahine, a whaongia ana ki roto ki nga mehua paraoa e toru, no ka rewenatia katoa.
Modern Greek	Ειναι ομοια με προζυμιον, το οποιον λαβουσα γυνη ενεκρυψεν εις τρια μετρα αλευρου, εωσου ανεβη ολον το φυραμα.
Norwegian	Det er likt en surdeig som en kvinne tok og skjulte i tre skjepper mel, til det blev syret alt sammen.
Portuguese	É semelhante ao fermento que uma mulher tomou e misturou com três medidas de farinha, até ficar toda ela levedada.
Rumanian	Se aseamqnq cu aluatul, pe care l -a luat o femeie wi l -a pus kn trei mqsuri de fqinq, pknq s`a dospit toatq.``
Russian	пОП � П�"П�'ОП ЪБЛЧБУЛЕ, ЛПФПТХА ЦЕОЭЙОБ, ЧЪСЧ, � ПМПЦЙМБ Ч ФТЙ НЕТЩ НХЛЙ, �"ПЛПМЕ ОЕ ЧУЛЙУМП ЧУЈ.
Shuar	Tanta wakaprutaia métek-takuiti. Arinia Núkap ana nui nuwa wakaprutain ishichik Enkeámiayi. Túram Ashí wakapruamiayi." Tu Tímiayi.
Spanish	Es semejante a la levadura que una mujer tomó y escondió en tres medidas de harina, hasta que todo quedó leudado.
Swahili	Ni kama chachu aliyoitwaa mama mmoja na kuichanganya pamoja na unga debe moja kisha unga wote ukaumuka wote."
Swedish	Det är likt en surdeg som en kvinna tager och blandar in i tre skäppor mjöl, till dess alltsammans bliver syrat."
Thai	ก็เปรียบเหมือนเชื้อ ซึ่งผู้หญิงคนหนึ่งเอาเจือลงในแป้งสามถังจนแป้งนั้นฟูขึ้นทั้งหม�""
Ukrainian	Подібне до розчини, що її бере жінка, і кладе на три мірки муки, аж поки все вкисне.
Uma	Hadua tobine mpo'ala' ragi hangkedi', nagalo hante lunu to wori'. Mahae-hae, woke' -mi omea."
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "leaven": leavened, leavening, leavenings, leavens. (additional references)
	Words containing "leaven": unleavened. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Leaven" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cleavon, deaven, eaven, Elagen, Keaveny, laavin, lavan, Laven, leafen, leagen, leasen, leavce, leavel, leavon, Lecanvey, Leeuwen, leizen, Leupena, leuven, levon, lieben, Lleven, loafen, loaven, Reaven, Seaven, Yeravan. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "leaven" (pronounced le"vun)
5	l e" v u n	eleven.
4	-e" v u n	Devon, heaven, seven.
3	-v u n	breakeven, coven, Craven, disproven, driven, enliven, even, forgiven, given, graven, handwoven, haven, interwoven, Kelvin, liven, maven, nonwoven, oven, proven, Raven, Riven, shaven, striven, sylvan, uneven, unforgiven, unproven, unshaven, woven.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-n-v"
	-1 letter: anele, leave, navel, veena, venae, venal.
	-2 letters: alee, eave, elan, even, lane, lave, lean, leva, nave, neve, vale, vane, veal, vela, vena.
	-3 letters: ale, ane, ave, eel, eve, lav, lea, lee, lev, nae, nee, van, vee.
	-4 letters: ae, al, an, el, en, la, na, ne.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-n-v"
	+1 letter: enclave, enslave, evangel, leavens, valence, velamen.
	+2 letters: avellane, enclaves, enslaved, enslaver, enslaves, enviable, evangels, evenfall, eventual, heavenly, lavender, leavened, levanted, levanter, relevant, revenual, valences, vendable, venereal, vernacle.
	+3 letters: aliveness, covalence, deleaving, elevating, elevation, endleaves, enslavers, evangelic, evenfalls, intervale, javelined, laveering, lavenders, leavening, levanters, overclean, overladen, overlearn, prevalent, ravelment, relevance, relevancy, revealing, tervalent, unraveled, valencies, valentine, vendables, venerable, venerably, ventilate, vernacles, vernalize, villenage.
	+4 letters: cantilever, convalesce, covalences, eigenvalue, elevations, equivalent, evangelism, evangelist, evangelize, eventually, evidential, governable, heavenlier, inevitable, interleave, intervales, investable, irrelevant, lavendered, leavenings, leveraging, longleaves, malevolent, negatively, ovalnesses, overcleans, overhandle, overlearns, overmantel, prevalence, prevalents, ravelments, relevances, relevantly, revealment, revelation, shinleaves, undervalue, unenviable, unleavened, unravelled, unrevealed, untraveled, valentines, venalities, venialness, ventilated, ventilates, vernalized, vernalizes, vestmental, villanelle, villenages, vulnerable, wavelength.
	+5 letters: advertently, alivenesses, alternative, ambivalence, attentively, cantilevers, conceivable, convalesced, convalesces, conversable, covalencies, delineative, deliverance, deliveryman, eigenvalues, eliminative, enslavement, enteroviral, equivalence, equivalency, equivalents, evangelical, evangelisms, evangelists, evangelized, evangelizes, eventuality, everlasting, expansively, explanative, heavenliest, inequivalve, interleaved, interleaves, intervalley, irrelevance, irrelevancy, lavendering, livableness, lovableness, malevolence, movableness, nonrelative, nonrelevant, overanalyze, overbalance, overcleaned, overexplain, overhandled, overhandles, overinflate, overleaping, overlearned, overmantels, overplanned, overplanted, pentavalent, polyvalence, prevalences, prevalently, preventable, relevancies, revealingly, revealments, revelations, reverential, reversional, servantless, tentatively, tetravalent, undervalued, undervalues, unevaluated, unremovable, villanelles, vulneraries, wavelengths.
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