knead
verb (used with object)
to work (dough, clay, etc.) into a uniform mixture by pressing, folding, and stretching.
have been kneading
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present perfect progressiveof knead.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The charge which I have been kneading in my furnace has now "come to nature," the stringy sponge of pure iron is separating from the slag.
From The Iron Puddler My life in the rolling mills and what came of it by James J. (James John) Davis
I have been kneading the bread; there it is on the table.
From Horace Chase by Constance Fenimore Woolson
