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Definition of Knead

1. Verb. Make uniform. "Work the clay until it is soft"

2. Verb. Manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes. "She rubbed down her child with a sponge"

Definition of Knead

1. v. t. 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.

Definition of Knead

1. Verb. (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. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive figuratively) To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive of cats) To make a an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Knead

1. to work into a uniform mixture with the hands [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Knead

1. 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, 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. 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. Origin: OE. Kneden, As. Cnedan; akin to D. Kneden, G. Kneten, Sw. Knda, Icel. Knoa; cf. OSlav.gnesti. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Knead

knavish knavishly knavishness knaw knawe knawed knawel knawels knawes knawing

knaws knawvshawl knawvshawled knawvshawling knawvshawls knead (current term) kneadable kneaded kneader kneaders

kneading kneading trough kneading troughs kneadingly kneads knebelite knebelites kneck knecks knee

Literary usage of Knead

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"... ku, to work clay with the hands, то knead soft substances, such as neima ; to mix ... then they wash their hands, put their hands in, and begin to knead ..."

2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"... to pinch, to knead, to fumble to dabble, splash about ; formed by the frequentative suffix -el- fron O. Du. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"Baker-kneed (workmen), an in- kneed man, one whose knees knock together—the position in which bakers stand to knead their bread tending to make their knees ..."

4. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"... to pound, то knead, macerate. Ч For the root MAG II or MAG, see no. 255. 267. V MAT, to whirl, turn, throw, spin. 259. ..."

5. A Semantic Study of the Verbs of Doing and Making in the Indo-European by Ghen-ichiro Yoshioka (1908)
"(t/ill/ ' fortress,' Gr. -eiyo- ' wall,' Goth. deigan ' knead,' Gerin. Teig, Eng. dough. ... knead ..."

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