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knead

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As a verb, knead means work and press into a mass, usually with the hands. As a noun, it means the act of kneading something.

Meanings of knead

6 meanings

verb

  1. 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.

  2. figurativelyTo treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.

  3. felinologyOf cats, to make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.

  4. To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound.

  5. Manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes

    “She rubbed down her child with a sponge”

    Similar: massage, rub down

noun

  1. The act of kneading something.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

verb: to mix into a homogeneous mass
work
verb: manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicin…
massagerub down

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