| 1. | to work (dough, clay, etc.) into a uniform mixture by pressing, folding, and stretching. |
| 2. | to manipulate by similar movements, as the body in a massage. |
| 3. | to make by kneading: to knead bread. |
| 4. | to make kneading movements with: She kneaded her fist into her palm. |

Knead
to prepare dough in the process of baking (Gen. 18:6; 1 Sam. 28:24; Hos. 7:4).