leaven
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
Types & categories
- substance hypernym
- baking powder hyponym
- sourdough hyponym
- yeast hyponym
Related & opposite
- leaven derivation
Sense 2 verb
cause to puff up with a leaven
unleavened bread
Types & categories
- lift hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something
his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor
Types & categories
- imponderable hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | leaven |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | substance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | baking powder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sourdough |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | yeast |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | prove |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | leaven |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | lift |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | imponderable |