Definition of YEAST

yeast

Plural: yeasts

Noun

  • a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
  • any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division
  • An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines.
  • A single-celled fungus of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
  • A single-celled fungus of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
  • A true yeast or budding yeast in order Saccharomycetales.
  • baker's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • A single-celled fungus of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
  • A true yeast or budding yeast in order Saccharomycetales.
  • baker's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • A compressed cake or dried granules of this substance used for mixing with flour to make bread dough rise.
  • A single-celled fungus of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
  • A true yeast or budding yeast in order Saccharomycetales.
  • brewer's yeast, certain species of Saccharomyces, principally Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces carlsbergensis.
  • A single-celled fungus of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
  • Candida, a ubiquitous fungus that can cause various kinds of infections in humans.
  • A single-celled fungus of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
  • Candida, a ubiquitous fungus that can cause various kinds of infections in humans.
  • The resulting infection, candidiasis.
  • A frothy foam.

Verb

Verb Forms: yeasted, yeasting, yeasts

  • To foam or ferment due to the action of yeast.
  • To ferment.
  • To rise.
  • To exaggerate.

Examples

  • The word ’YEAST’ seemed to expand on the board, just like bread dough.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English yest, yeest, gest, gist, from Old English ġist, ġyst, from Proto-West Germanic *jestu, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jääst (“yeast”), West Frisian gêst, gist (“yeast”), Dutch gist (“yeast”), German Low German Gest (“yeast”), German Gischt (“sea foam”), Swedish jäst (“yeast”), Norwegian jest (“yeast”), Icelandic jöstur (“yeast”).

Synonyms

barm

Scrabble Score: 8

yeast: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
yeast: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
yeast: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

yeast: valid Words With Friends Word