Overview of noun leaven

The noun leaven has 2 senses

• leaven, leavening -- (a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid)


• leaven, leavening -- (an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something; "his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor")

Overview of verb leaven

The verb leaven has 1 sense

• raise, leaven, prove -- (cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread")