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knead

  [need]
–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.
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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   (nēd)   
tr.v.   knead·ed, knead·ing, kneads

  1. To mix and work into a uniform mass, as by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands: kneading dough.

  2. To make or shape by or as if by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands.

  3. 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Knead

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

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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