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knead

–verb (used with object)

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.

[Origin: bef. 950; ME kneden, OE cnedan; c. G kneten, D kneden

]

—Related forms

knead·a·ble, adjective

knead·a·bil·i·ty, noun

kneader, noun

knead·ing·ly, adverb

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knead Audio Help (nēd) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. knead·ed, knead·ing, kneads

To mix and work into a uniform mass, as by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands: kneading dough.
To make or shape by or as if by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands.
To squeeze, press, or roll with the hands, as in massaging: kneading a painful calf muscle.

[Middle English kneden, from Old English cnedan.]

knead'er n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
knead

O.E. cnedan "to knead," from P.Gmc. *knedanan (cf. O.S. knedan, M.Du. cneden, Ger. kneten, O.N. knoða "to knead"). Originally a strong verb (past tense cnæd, pp. cneden).

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knead
verb
1.	make uniform; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft"
2.	manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; "She rubbed down her child with a sponge" [syn: massage]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
knead [niːd] verb

to press together and work (dough etc) with the fingers
Example: His mother was kneading (dough) in the kitchen.

Arabic:	يَعْجِن
Chinese (Simplified):	揉（面团）
Chinese (Traditional):	揉(面團)
Czech:	hníst
Danish:	ælte
Dutch:	kneden
Estonian:	sõtkuma
Finnish:	vaivata
French:	pétrir
German:	kneten
Greek:	ζυμώνω
Hungarian:	gyúr
Icelandic:	hnoða
Indonesian:	meremas-remas
Italian:	impastare

Japanese:	こねる
Korean:	반죽하다
Latvian:	mīcīt
Lithuanian:	minkyti
Norwegian:	kna, elte
Polish:	ugniatać
Portuguese (Brazil):	amassar
Portuguese (Portugal):	amassar
Romanian:	a frământa (aluat)
Russian:	месить (тесто)
Slovak:	miesiť
Slovenian:	gnesti
Spanish:	amasar
Swedish:	knåda
Turkish:	yoğurmak, hamur yapmak

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Knead

Knead\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kneaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Kneading.] [OE. kneden, As. cnedan; akin to D. kneden, G. kneten, Sw. kn?da, Icel. kno?a; 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. --Shak.

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

I will knead him : I'll make him supple. --Shak.

Kneading trough, a trough or tray in which dough is kneaded. --Ex. viii. 3.

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