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English

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Dry yeast, for use in baking. (3)
A diagram of a typical yeast cell

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishyest,yeest,gest,gist, fromOld Englishġist,ġyst, fromProto-West Germanic*jestu, fromProto-Germanic*jestuz. Cognate withSaterland FrisianJääst(“yeast”),West Frisiangêst,gist(“yeast”),Dutchgist(“yeast”),German Low GermanGest(“yeast”),GermanGischt(“sea foam”),Swedishjäst(“yeast”),Norwegianjest(“yeast”),Icelandicjöstur(“yeast”).

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Noun

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yeast (countable anduncountable,pluralyeasts)

  1. An often humid, yellowishfroth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brewbeer, leavenbread, and also used in certain medicines.
  2. A single-celledfungus of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
    • 1903, Alfred Peter Carlslund Jørgensen (R. Grey, translator),Practical Management of Pure Yeast: The Application and Examination of Brewery, Distillery, and Wine, Yeasts, The Brewing trade review, page17:
      A microscopical examination of theyeast taken from these rapid vigorous fermentations will only be able to give useful conclusions in one respect.
    1. Atrue yeast orbudding yeast in orderSaccharomycetales.
      1. baker's yeast,Saccharomyces cerevisiae
        1. A compressed cake or driedgranules of this substance used for mixing with flour to make bread dough rise.
      2. brewer's yeast, certain species ofSaccharomyces, principallySaccharomyces cerevisiae andSaccharomyces carlsbergensis.
    2. Candida, a ubiquitous fungus that can cause various kinds of infections in humans.
      1. The resulting infection,candidiasis.
  3. (figuratively) A frothy foam.

Derived terms

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terms derived fromyeast (noun)

Translations

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fungus
froth used in medicine, baking and brewing
cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise
frothy foam on sea waves
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See also

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Verb

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yeast (third-person singular simple presentyeasts,present participleyeasting,simple past and past participleyeasted)

  1. Toferment.
  2. (of something prepared with a yeasted dough) Torise.
  3. (African-American Vernacular, slang) Toexaggerate.[2]

References

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  1. ^Jones, M. Jean (1973 August)The Regional English of the Former Inhabitants of Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains‎[1],University of Tennessee, Knoxville, page121.
  2. ^http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/cgi-bin/res.pl?keyword=Yeasting&offset=0

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