knead
verb (used with object)
to work (dough, clay, etc.) into a uniform mixture by pressing, folding, and stretching.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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‘How slow you are kneading that cake,’ cried the other old woman at last.
From The Orange Fairy Book by Various