leaven

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
• Syn:
leavening
• Hypernyms:
substance
• Hyponyms:
baking powder, sourdough, yeast, barm
2. an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something
- his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor
• Syn:
leavening
• Hypernyms:
imponderable

II - verb

cause to puff up with a leaven
- unleavened bread
• Syn:
raise, prove
• Hypernyms:
raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
• Cause:
rise, prove
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
- They leaven more bread

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  leavening, raise, prove