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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

KNEAD, v.t. nead. To work and press ingredients into a mass, usually with the hands; particularly, to work into a well mixed mass the materials of bread, cake or paste; as, to knead dough.
The cake she kneaded was the savory meat.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make uniform; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft" [syn: knead, work]
2: manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; "She rubbed down her child with a sponge" [syn: massage, rub down, knead]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: Middle English kneden, from Old English cnedan; akin to Old High German knetan to knead Date: before 12th century 1. a. to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands <kneading dough> b. to manipulate or massage with a kneading motion <kneaded sore neck muscles> 2. to form or shape by or as if by kneading • kneadable adjective • kneader noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 a work (a yeast mixture, clay, etc.) into dough, paste, etc. by pummelling. b make (bread, pottery, etc.) in this way. 2 blend or weld together (kneaded them into a unified group). 3 massage (muscles etc.) as if kneading. Derivatives: kneadable adj. kneader n. Etymology: OE cnedan f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(kneads, kneading, kneaded) 1. When you knead dough or other food, you press and squeeze it with your hands so that it becomes smooth and ready to cook. Lightly knead the mixture on a floured surface. VERB: V n 2. If you knead a part of someone's body, you press or squeeze it with your fingers. She felt him knead the aching muscles. VERB: V n

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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

Moby Thesaurus

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