kneads

[knead]

To knead is to massage, as you might knead a sore muscle to relieve the pain or knead bread dough before baking it.

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To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, as the materials of bread, cake, etc.; as, to knead dough.

Verb
manually manipulate (someone''s body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; "She rubbed down her child with a sponge"

Verb
make uniform; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft"


v. t.
To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, as the materials of bread, cake, etc.; as, to knead dough.

v. t.
Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat.


Knead

Knead , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kneaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Kneading.] [OE. kneden, As. cnedan; akin to D. kneden, G. kneten, Sw. knda, Icel. knoa; cf. OSlav.gnesti.] 1. To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, as the materials of bread, cake, etc.; as, to knead dough.
The kneading, the making of the cake, the heating of the oven, and the baking.
2. Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat.
I will knead him : I'll make him supple.
Kneading trough, a trough or tray in which dough is kneaded. Ex. viii. 3.

To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, as the materials of bread, cake, etc.; as, to knead dough.

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Usage Examples

Here take back the stuff that I am, nature, knead it back into the dough of being, make of me a bush, a cloud, whatever you will, even a man, only no longer make me me.

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