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ALL meanings of yeast

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  • noun yeast A microscopic fungus consisting of single oval cells that reproduce by budding, and are capable of converting sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide. 1
  • noun yeast fungi 1
  • noun yeast for food, dough 1
  • noun yeast for beer 1
  • noun yeast any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide. 1
  • noun yeast any of several yeasts of the genus Saccharomyces, used in brewing alcoholic beverages, as a leaven in baking breads, and in pharmacology as a source of vitamins and proteins. Compare bottom yeast, brewer's yeast, top yeast. 1
  • noun yeast spume; foam. 1
  • noun yeast ferment; agitation. 1
  • noun yeast something that causes ferment or agitation. 1
  • verb without object yeast to ferment. 1
  • verb without object yeast to be covered with froth. 1
  • variable noun yeast Yeast is a kind of fungus which is used to make bread rise, and in making alcoholic drinks such as beer. 0
  • noun yeast any of various single-celled ascomycetous fungi of the genus Saccharomyces and related genera, which reproduce by budding and are able to ferment sugars: a rich source of vitamins of the B complex 0
  • noun yeast any yeastlike fungus, esp of the genus Candida, which can cause thrush in areas infected with it 0
  • noun yeast a commercial preparation containing yeast cells and inert material such as meal, used in raising dough for bread or for fermenting beer, whisky, etc 0
  • noun yeast a preparation containing yeast cells, used to treat diseases caused by vitamin B deficiency 0
  • noun yeast froth or foam, esp on beer 0
  • verb yeast to froth or foam 0
  • noun yeast any of various single-celled ascomycetous fungi in which little or no mycelium develops and which ordinarily reproduce by budding: they ferment sugars to form alcohol and carbon dioxide 0
  • noun yeast any of various yeasts (esp. genus Saccharomyces) used in food production, as in making beer, wine, etc. and as a leavening in baking 0
  • noun yeast any of various yeasts (esp. genus Candida) causing infections or diseases 0
  • noun yeast brewer's yeast 0
  • noun yeast the yellowish, moist mass of yeast plants occurring as a froth on fermenting solutions 0
  • noun yeast this substance dried in flakes or granules or compressed into cakes 0
  • noun yeast foam; froth 0
  • noun yeast something that agitates or causes ferment; leaven 0
  • noun yeast ferment; agitation 0
  • intransitive verb yeast to froth or ferment 0
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