leavening

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something

   The long speech benefited from a leavening of humor.

2. 2
   noun

   The process by which something is leavened.

   For these lighter leavenings of the heavy dough of debate, members were in Sir Winston's debt.

3. 3
   noun

   a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid

4. 4
   verb

   present participle and gerund of leaven

5. 5
   noun

   Synonym of leavening agent.

6. 6
   adj

   Making light by aeration.