Definition of Yeast

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Definition of Yeast

Yeast

The foam, or troth (top yeast), or the sediment (bottom yeast), of beer or other in fermentation, which contains the yeast plant or its spores, and under certain conditions produces fermentation in saccharine or farinaceous substances; a preparation used for raising dough for bread or cakes, and making it light and puffy; barm; ferment.

Spume, or foam, of water.

A form of fungus which grows as indvidual rounded cells, rather than in a mycelium, and reproduces by budding; esp. members of the orders Endomycetales and Moniliales. Some fungi may grow both as a yeast or as a mycelium, depending on the conditions of growth.

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Yeast Quotations

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.
Henry Ford

Enthusiasm is the yeast that raises the dough.
Paul J. Meyer

A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only goodness that creates. Bad things create. They have their own yeast.
Dennis Potter

You know how you wake up in the morning and sometimes you look gorgeous and other times you look like you got hit by a mack truck? I realized that my mack truck is food. If I have no sugar, yeast or wine, I have no undereye bags and my skin is perfect.
Mariska Hargitay

You can't just leave out one part; the bread won't rise if the yeast isn't there.
Holly Near

Note, that yeast of good Beer, is better then that of Ale.
Kenelm Digby

Yeast Translations

yeast in Dutch is gist
yeast in French is lie, levure, levain
yeast in German is Schaum, Hefe
yeast in Italian is fondaccio
yeast in Portuguese is fermento
yeast in Spanish is hez, levadura

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