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yeast·y

(yē′stē)

adj. yeast·i·er, yeast·i·est

1. Of, similar to, or containing yeast: yeasty dough.

2. Causing or characterized by unrest or agitation; turbulent: the yeasty days before the new government was established.

3. Frothy; frivolous: a yeasty comedy.

4. Full of productivity or vitality; exuberantly creative.

yeast′i·ly adv.

yeast′i·ness n.

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yeasty

(ˈjiːstɪ)

adj, yeastier or yeastiest

1. (Biochemistry) of, resembling, or containing yeast

2. (Brewing) fermenting or causing fermentation

3. (Cookery) tasting of or like yeast

4. insubstantial or frivolous

5. restless, agitated, or unsettled

6. covered with or containing froth or foam

ˈyeastily adv

ˈyeastiness n

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yeast•y

(ˈyi sti)

adj. yeast•i•er, yeast•i•est.

1. of, containing, or resembling yeast.

2. characterized by agitation, excitement, change, etc.

3. frothy; foamy.

4. youthful; ebullient.

5. trifling; frivolous.

[1590–1600]

yeast′i•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	yeasty - of or resembling or containing yeast yeastlike
	2.	yeasty - marked by spirited enjoyment barmy, zestful, zesty spirited - displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness
	3.	yeasty - exuberantly creative creative, originative - having the ability or power to create; "a creative imagination"

yeasty

adjective

Consisting of or resembling foam:

foamy, frothy, lathery, spumous, spumy, sudsy.

Translations

hiivainen

yeasty

[ˈjiːstɪ] ADJ

1. [smell, taste] → a levadura

2. (fig) → frívolo, superficial

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

yeasty

adj taste → hefig; smell → nach Hefe; bread → nach Hefe schmeckend; the beer’s very yeasty → das Bier schmeckt stark nach Hefe

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

yeasty

[ˈjiːstɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (smell, flavour) → di lievito

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