Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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yeast | Yes | No | No | No |
leaven | Yes | No | Yes | No |
yeast (noun) | leaven (noun) |
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any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division | an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something |
a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey | a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
yeast (verb) | leaven (verb) |
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cause to puff up with a leaven |