yeast

  1. Noun.  An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines.
  2. Noun.  A type of single-celled fungus.
  3. Noun.  A compressed cake or dried granules of this substance used for mixing with flour to make bread dough rise.
  4. Noun.  (figuratively) A frothy foam.
  5. Verb.  (African American Vernacular English, slang) To exaggeratehttp://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/cgi-bin/res.pl?keyword=Yeasting&offset=0.

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