Knead

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To mix and work into a uniform mass, as by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands: kneading dough.
  • v. To make or shape by or as if by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands.
  • v. To squeeze, press, or roll with the hands, as in massaging: kneading a painful calf muscle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.
  • v. To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.
  • v. To make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. 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..
  • v. Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat.
  • v. To press repeatedly with the hands or knuckles, sometimes with a twisting or squeezing motion; -- performed for example on the body of a person as a form of massage.
  • verb-intransitive. To perform movements like kneading, with the paws; -- said of cats, which may knead{3} a master's body when stroked, presumably a sign of contentment.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To manipulate by squeezing, pressing, or thumping different parts of; work upon by successive thumps or compressions: as, to knead a person's limbs in the operation of massage.
  • Specifically To work upon, as plastic materials, by repeatedly pressing or squeezing; prepare or mix by working over and over with the hands or by tools or machinery, as dough for bread or clay for bricks.
  • Hence To mix thoroughly; incorporate; form into a homogeneous compound.
  • To make by kneading.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make uniform
  • v. manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
  • Verb Form
    kneaded    kneading    kneads   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    manipulate   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    beat    works    malaxate    Petrie    massage   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aristide    Bede    Ede    Gilead    Mead    Meade    Read    Reed    Reid    Sinead   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    strudel    matzoth    well-floured    grey-coated    knick    saleratus    polenta    rolled-out    baking powder    vader