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    YEASTY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: yeastier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, yeastiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: yeastier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: yeastiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Exuberantly creativeplay

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    creative; originative (having the ability or power to create)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Marked by spirited enjoymentplay

    Synonyms:

    barmy; yeasty; zestful; zesty

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    spirited (displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Of or resembling or containing yeastplay

    Synonyms:

    yeastlike; yeasty

    Classified under:

    Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

    Pertainym:

    yeast (any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division)

    Derivation:

    yeast (any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division)

    yeast (a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey)

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