knead
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
knead (kneads, present participle kneading; past and past participle kneaded)
(transitive) 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. - 2001, Özcan Ozan, Carl Tremblay, The Sultan's Kitchen: A Turkish Cookbook
- Knead the dough by pressing down on it with the heels of both your palms and pushing it forward to stretch it, then pulling it back toward you...
- 2001, Özcan Ozan, Carl Tremblay, The Sultan's Kitchen: A Turkish Cookbook
- (transitive, figuratively) To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene iii]:
- I will knead him: I'll make him supple.
- (intransitive, of cats) To make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.
- 1991, Grace McHattie, That's cats!: a compendium of feline facts
- Cats knead with their paws when happy, just as they kneaded when feeding from their mothers as kittens.
- 1991, Grace McHattie, That's cats!: a compendium of feline facts
- (transitive) To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound.
- (mix) amalgamate
- French: pétrir
- German: kneten
- Italian: manipolare, impastare, massaggiare, amalgamare, comprimere
- Portuguese: amassar, sovar
- Russian: меси́ть
- Spanish: amasar
knead (plural kneads)
- The act of kneading something.
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