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leavens

leavens is the plural of leaven.

leavens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of leaven.

Meaning of leaven

Noun

leaven (countable and uncountable, plural leavens)

  1. Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.
  2. (figuratively) Anything that induces change, especially a corrupting or vitiating change.
    • Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 8:15
  3. (Judaism) Chametz.
    • On the fourteenth day of Nisan men search for leaven by candlelight.1878, “On The Passover”, in Joseph Barclay, transl., The Talmud, page 95

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Phrases with leavens

Questions about leavens

What is leavens the plural of?
Leavens is the plural of leaven.

Words near leavens in the dictionary

  1. leavening agent
  2. leavening agents
  3. leavenings
  4. leavenless
  5. leavenous
  6. leavens
  7. Leavenworth
  8. Leavenworth County
  9. Leavenworths
  10. leaver
  11. leavers

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