Nearby Words
leavened
[lev-uhn] 
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leaven
[lev-uhn]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ferment |
| Synonyms: | lighten, pepsinate, raise |
| Main Entry: | leaven |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | raise |
| Synonyms: | activate, catalyze, ferment, imbue, infuse |
| Main Entry: | ferment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | split into simpler substances; be agitated |
| Synonyms: | acidify, be violent, boil, brew, bubble, churn, concoct, dissolve, effervesce, evaporate, excite, fester, fizz, foam, foment, froth, heat, incite, inflame, leaven, moil, overflow, provoke, ripen, rise, rouse, seethe, simmer, sour, sparkle, stir up, work |
| Main Entry: | flavor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add seasoning |
| Synonyms: | add zing, add zip, ginger, hot it up, imbue, impart, infuse, lace, leaven, pep up, pepper, salt, season, spice |
| Main Entry: | imbue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infuse, saturate |
| Synonyms: | bathe, diffuse, impregnate, inculcate, infix, ingrain, inoculate, instill, invest, leaven, permeate, pervade, steep, suffuse |
| Antonyms: | drain, take out |
| Main Entry: | impregnate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infuse, fill; make pregnant |
| Synonyms: | charge, conceive, drench, fecundate, fertilize, imbrue, implant, inoculate, inseminate, leaven, overflow, percolate, permeate, pervade, procreate, produce, reproduce, saturate, seethe, soak, sodden, souse, steep, suffuse, transfuse |
| Antonyms: | deplete, take out |
| Main Entry: | infuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | introduce; soak |
| Synonyms: | animate, breathe into, imbue, impart, implant, impregnate, inculcate, indoctrinate, ingrain, inoculate, inspire, instill, intersperse, invest, leaven, permeate, pervade, plant, saturate, steep, suffuse |
| Main Entry: | season |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flavor food |
| Synonyms: | color, enliven, lace, leaven, pep, pepper, salt, spice |
| Antonyms: | cook plain |
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