Значення

значень: 5
  1. (перехідне)To add a leavening agent.

    Yeast is used to leaven bread, making it rise during baking.

  2. (перехідне)To cause to rise by fermentation.

    cause to puff up with a leaven

  3. (переносно, перехідне)To temper an action, decision, attitude, characteristic, etc.

  4. (переносно, перехідне)To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.

    The comedian's jokes helped leaven the atmosphere during the serious meeting.

    Her optimism seemed to leaven the otherwise tense environment.

  5. To rise or become larger; to prove.

Приклади

речень: 3
  1. You shall not eat any thing leavened: in all your habitations you shall eat unleavened bread.

  2. The people therefore took dough before it was leavened; and tying it in their cloaks, put it on their shoulders.

  3. Unleavened bread shall you eat seven days: there shall not be seen any thing leavened with thee, nor in all thy coasts.

Походження

From Middle English levayn, borrowed from Old French levain, from Vulgar Latin *levāmen, a

From Middle English levayn, borrowed from Old French levain, from Vulgar Latin *levāmen, a noun based on Latin levō (“raise”).

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Форми

leavens, leavening, leavened, leavened
Базова формаleaven · to leaven
3-я особа одниниleavens
Дієприкметник теперішнього часуleavening
Минулий часleavened
Дієприкметник минулого часуleavened

правильне · Урок

Present simpleУрок

I, you, we, theyleaven
he, she, itleavens

Past simpleУрок

усі особиleavened

Present perfectУрок

I, you, we, theyhave leavened
he, she, ithas leavened

Future simple (will)Урок

усі особиwill leaven

Синоніми

синонімів: 2
Близькі за значенням

Спільнокореневі

пов’язаних слів: 7

Дивіться також

сусідні слова
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