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Definition knead

Etymology

Middle English kneden, from Old English cnedan, from Proto-Germanic *knedan?, from Proto-Indo-European *gnet- ‘to press together’ (compare Old Prussian gnode (“kneading trough”), Albanian ngjesh, Slovene gnésti (“to knead, press”)), from *gen- ‘to ball up, pinch, compress’. Compare Dutch kneden, German kneten, Icelandic hnoða, Swedish knåda, Norwegian Bokmål kna.

Verb

knead (third-person singular simple present kneads, present participle kneading, simple past and past participle kneaded)

1. (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.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.
3. (intransitive, of cats) To make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.
4. (transitive) To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound.

Noun

knead (plural kneads)

1. The act of kneading something.

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