Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь - leaven
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1. дрожжи, закваска (для теста); разрыхлитель (теста) 2. стимул; воздействие the leaven of learning —- влияние образования; стимул, создаваемый просвещением 3. фермент Id: the old leaven —- "старая закваска" (о старых взглядах и т. п.) Id: they are both of the same leaven —- они оба из одного теста 4. ставить на дрожжах, заквашивать 5. подвергать воздействию (чего-л.); влиять ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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n. & v. --n. 1 a substance added to dough to make it ferment and rise, esp. yeast, or fermenting dough reserved for the purpose. 2 a a pervasive transforming influence (cf. Matt. 13:33). b (foll. by of) a tinge or admixture of a specified quality. --v.tr. 1 ferment (dough) with leaven. 2 a permeate and transform. b (foll. by with) modify with a tempering element. Phrases and idioms the old leaven traces of the unregenerate state (cf. 1 Cor. 5:6-8). Etymology: ME f. OF levain f. Gallo-Roman spec. use of L levamen relief f. levare lift ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English levain, from Anglo-French levein, from Vulgar Latin *levamen, from Latin levare to raise — more at lever Date: 14th century 1. a. a substance (as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid; especially sourdough b. a material (as baking powder) used to produce a gas that lightens dough or batter 2. something that modifies or lightens II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 15th century 1. to raise (as bread) with a ~ 2. to mingle or permeate with some modifying, alleviating, or vivifying element; especially lighten a sermon ~ed with humor Synonyms: see infuse ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(leavens, leavening, leavened) If a situation or activity is leavened by or with something, it is made more interesting or cheerful. His mood of deep pessimism cannot have been leavened by his mode of transport–a black cab... He found congenial officers who knew how to leaven war’s rigours with riotous enjoyment. VERB: be V-ed by/with n, V n by/with n, also V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 also leavening n 1 a substance, especially yeast, that is added to a mixture of flour and water so that it will swell and can be baked into bread 2 literary a small amount of a quality that makes an event or situation less boring and more interesting or cheerful ~2 v 1 formal to make something less boring and more interesting or cheerful 2 old-fashioned to add leaven to a mixture of flour and water (- see also unleavened) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1340, from O.Fr. levain, from L. levanem "alleviation, mitigation," but used here in its literal sense of "a means of lifting," from levare "to raise" (see lever). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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