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knead

  [need]
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–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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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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