All leaven synonyms
leav·en
L l verb leaven
- lighten — to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently.
- infuse — to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill (usually followed by into): The energetic new principal infused new life into the school.
- imbue — to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.: The new political leader was imbued with the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.
- raise — to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- affect — If something affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change in some way.
- cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- change — If there is a change in something, it becomes different.
- ferment — Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
- activate — If a device or process is activated, something causes it to start working.
- catalyze — If something catalyzes a thing or a situation, it makes it active.
- influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
- catalyse — If something catalyses a thing or a situation, it makes it active.
- pepsinate — to treat, prepare, or mix with pepsin.
noun leaven
- mainspring — the principal spring in a mechanism, as in a watch.
- bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
- barm — the yeasty froth on fermenting malt liquors
- fungus — any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single-celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic material in which they grow, comprising the mushrooms, molds, mildews, smuts, rusts, and yeasts, and classified in the kingdom Fungi or, in some classification systems, in the division Fungi (Thallophyta) of the kingdom Plantae.
- leavening — a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
- enzyme — A substance produced by a living organism that acts as a catalyst to bring about a specific biochemical reaction.
- determinant — A determinant of something causes it to be of a particular kind or to happen in a particular way.
- adjuvant — aiding or assisting
- reactant — a person or thing that reacts.
- fungi — a taxonomic kingdom, or in some classification schemes a division of the kingdom Plantae, comprising all the fungus groups and sometimes also the slime molds.
- 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.
- causation — The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
- synergist — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. a body organ, medicine, etc., that cooperates with another or others to produce or enhance an effect.
- ebullition — a seething or overflowing, as of passion or feeling; outburst.