verb🔗ShareTo add a leavening agent."The baker leavened the dough with yeast to make it rise. "foodagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cause to rise by fermentation."The baker leavened the dough with yeast, making it rise and become light and fluffy. "foodprocessagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo temper an action or decision."She leavened her criticism with a compliment to make it easier for him to accept. "actionattitudewayChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo imbue; to infect; to vitiate."The teacher's negative attitude leavened the entire class with a sense of dread about the upcoming test. "negativeconditionmicroorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo rise or become larger."The bread dough leavened in a warm place, becoming twice its original size. "foodprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗SharePrepared using leavening"The leavened bread was light and fluffy, unlike the dense, unleavened crackers. "foodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading