knead

/niหd/

IPA: /N IY1 D/

noun
  1. 1

    The act of kneading something.

verb
  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, the materials of bread, cake, etc.

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound.

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