Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
LEAVEN
leaven, leavening
(noun) an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something; “his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor”
leaven, leavening
(noun) a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
raise, leaven, prove
(verb) cause to puff up with a leaven; “unleavened bread”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
leaven (countable and uncountable, plural leavens)
Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.
(figurative) Anything that makes a general assimilating change in the mass.
Synonyms
• (any agent used to make dough rise): leavening agent, raising agent
Hypernyms
• (any agent used to make dough rise): agent, substance
Hyponyms
• (any agent used to make dough rise): baking powder, yeast
Verb
leaven (third-person singular simple present leavens, present participle leavening, simple past and past participle leavened)
(transitive) To add a leavening agent.
(transitive) To cause to rise by fermentation.
(transitive, figuratively) To temper an action or decision.
(transitive, figuratively) To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
To rise or become larger.
Source: Wiktionary
Leav"en, n. Etym: [OE. levain, levein, F. levain, L. levamen alleviation, mitigation; but taken in the sense of, a raising, that which raises, fr. levare to raise. See Lever, n.]
1. Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough, produces a general change in the mass, and renders it light; yeast; barm.
2. Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass. Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Luke xii. 1.
Leav"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leavened; p. pr. & vb. n. Leavening.]
1. To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment. A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. 1 Cor. v. 6.
2. To imbue; to infect; to vitiate. With these and the like deceivable doctrines, he leavens also his prayer. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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