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Meaning of knead

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

knead

Pronunciation:/niːd//niːd/

noun

Definitions

  1. The act of kneading something.

verb

Definitions

  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. To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.

  3. (of cats) To make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.

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