LEAVENING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something
   Synonym(s)
   • leaven (what does leaven mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor
   Hypernyms(s) leavening is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • imponderable (what does imponderable mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
   Synonym(s)
   • leaven (what does leaven mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) leavening is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • substance (what does substance mean?)
   • matter (what does matter mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • baking powder (what does baking powder mean?)
   • sourdough (what does sourdough mean?)
   • yeast (what does yeast mean?)
   • barm (what does barm mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • raise (what does raise mean?)
   • leaven (what does leaven mean?)
   • prove (what does prove mean?)