knead
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| 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
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knead·a·ble, adjective
knead·a·bil·i·ty, noun
kneader, noun
knead·ing·ly, adverb
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tr.v. knead·ed, knead·ing, kneads
[Middle English kneden, from Old English cnedan.] knead'er n. |
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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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| 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] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
knead [niːd] verb
to press together and work (dough etc) with the fingers
Example: His mother was kneading (dough) in the kitchen.
Example: His mother was kneading (dough) in the kitchen.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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