leavening

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of leaven

noun

  1. The process by which something is leavened.
    For these lighter leavenings of the heavy dough of debate, members were in Sir Winston's debt. 1956, Charlie Lewis Broad, Winston Churchill, Architect of Victory and of Peace, page 623
  2. Synonym of leavening agent

adj

  1. Making light by aeration.

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