yeast
yeast Lexical Profile
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• noun
A commercial or natural preparation containing active yeast cells, widely used as a leavening agent in baking to cause dough to rise, and in brewing to ferment beverages.
"Dissolve the active dry yeast in warm water before mixing it into the flour to ensure the bread rises properly."
A microscopic, single-celled fungus that reproduces by budding and is capable of converting sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
An animating, restless, or stirring influence that brings about change, development, or transformation.
"The new philosophical movement acted as a yeast in the stagnant cultural landscape of the era."
• Rhymes for yeast
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'gist', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch 'gest' and German 'Gischt' (froth, foam), deriving from an Indo-European root meaning 'to boil, froth, or bubble'.
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