It means to raise, lift, lift, lift. It can also be fermented, adding yeast to the dough.
At one time it was "lift" or "carry", but today it is only used in seafaring to "raise the anchor anchor or raise the sails" or in gastronomy for "fermenting the dough with yeast".
Weigh ( yeast )Reaction ( 41 fermentation; that is obtained by the use of yeast in the preparation of different types of masses of bakery. The mass increases its volume