leaven
معنی فارسی
خمير مايه خمير فرش عامل کارگ ر عامل موثر مخمر کردن
معنی کامل و مثالها
/lev´ǝn/n., vt.
● خمیر ترش، خمیرمایه، مایه
● خمیرمایه زدن به، خمیرترش افزودن به
● رجوع شود به: leavening
● موجب تغییر، تغییر تدریجی
● موجب تغییر تدریجی یا تعدیل شدن
serious poetry leavened with wit
شعری جدی که شوخطبعی آن را تعدیل کرده است
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Old French 'levain', from Latin 'levamen' meaning 'alleviation, mitigation', but used in Vulgar Latin in the sense 'a raising'.
مثال
- She added a little leaven to the dough.
- The bread was leavened before it was baked.
- His humor leavened the situation.
ترکیبهای رایج
Leaven bread Leaven dough Leaven the mixture
تعریف انگلیسی
- a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
- an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something “his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor” “unleavened bread” “Cause: rise, prove” “Verb Frames:” “Something ----s something” “They leaven more bread”
مترادفها
I. noun
1. Yeast, ferment, barm, fermenting substance.
2. Pervading influence.
II. verb active
1. Produce or excite fermentation in, ferment, raise, lighten.
2. Imbue, pervade, permeate, tinge, color, inspire, elevate, lift.
3. Imbue, infect, vitiate, taint.