leaven in English

noun
1
a substance, typically yeast, that is added to dough to make it ferment and rise.
Once active, even a small amount of leaven will be able to convert a very large quantity of new flour and water into fresh leaven overnight.
2
a pervasive influence that modifies something or transforms it for the better.
they acted as an intellectual leaven to the warriors who dominated the city
verb
1
cause (dough or bread) to ferment and rise by adding leaven.
leavened breads are forbidden during Passover
synonyms:raisemake risepuff upexpand
2
permeate and modify or transform (something) for the better.
the proceedings should be leavened by humor

Use "leaven" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "leaven" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "leaven", or refer to the context using the word "leaven" in the English Dictionary.

1. What does leaven mean?

2. Know ye that a little leaven leaven the whole lump?

3. Dough acidifying agents, leaven

4. The leaven of reform was working.

5. After a woman adds some leaven to a mass of flour, the leaven ferments the whole mass.

6. It'shall not be baken with leaven.

7. What does it mean, "dough becomes leaven"?

8. Gal. 9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

9. In Bible symbolism, leaven denotes sin or corruption.

10. Of course, wine ferments without the addition of leaven.

11. We often use leaven when baking breads.

12. He was saying that leaven has power.

13. “A Little Leaven Ferments the Whole Batch of Dough”

14. Because in the Bible, leaven can denote sin or wickedness.

15. + 9 A little leaven ferments the whole lump.

16. “A Little Leaven Ferments the Whole Batch of Dough”: (10 min.)

17. Heals crippled woman on the Sabbath; mustard grain and leaven illustrations

18. That means being constantly on the watch for figurative leaven.

19. Leaven is used to cause fermentation and make bread rise.

20. 10 In the Bible, leaven is often used to represent sin.

21. When Jesus mentions leaven, what do the disciples mistakenly think?

22. 9 A little leaven ferments the whole batch of dough.

23. A little leaven ferments the whole batch (6-8)

24. The leaven spread “until the whole mass was fermented.”

25. An agent that causes rising , fermentation , or ferment; leaven.

26. A little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough.

27. We Catholics believe that our vocation is to be leaven in society.

28. Note that leaven is a substance that causes bread dough to rise.

29. These men have been the leaven in the lump of the race.

30. Whether you like it or not, your life is a leaven.

31. 21 None rejoice more in this leaven than the professional scholars themselves.

32. Why, now, was there an absence of leaven at this ceremony on Nisan 16 whereas on the related festival of Pentecost there was the presence of leaven?

33. “A little leaven ferments the whole batch of dough,” he noted.

34. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

35. Under his influence the leaven of disaffection was fast doing its work.

36. In the case of dough, fermentation required the addition of yeast, or leaven.

37. Leaven is used in the Bible to picture corrupt teachings, hypocrisy, and badness.

38. 12:6 Not to slaughter it while in possession of leaven — Ex.

39. To preserve the congregation’s purity, the elders needed to clear out the “leaven.”

40. Whisk the leaven with water, honey and grated potato in a large bowl.

41. The leaven ferments all “three large measures of flour” —the entire mass.

42. It lovingly protects the clean congregation, for “a little leaven ferments the whole lump.”

43. (Matthew 16:6) Leaven is used in the Bible to represent sin or corruption.

44. Leaven comes from the root word that means enliven -- to vivify, to bring to life.

45. The Leaven is the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas

46. Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

47. We put new type complex enzymes into 50% admixture when it braized, the others 50% were made into leaven by ventilation. Then all of it were put into leaven pool to ferment.

48. 12:2) (2) Pervasive: The spreading of the leaven stands for the spreading of the Kingdom message.

49. (b) What admonition and warning does the Kingdom parable of the leaven provide for us?

50. Leaven, a substance to cause fermentation and make bread rise, was a word used to denote corruption.