knead
verb (used with object)
to work (dough, clay, etc.) into a uniform mixture by pressing, folding, and stretching.
is kneading
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present progressiveof knead (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Photo: KitchenAid KitchenAid stand mixers are great for mixing cake mix or whisking, but the thing I most regularly use mine for is kneading dough using its dough hook accessory.
From The Verge ● Jun. 6, 2020
Perhaps the most fraught step in the bread-making process is kneading, in which the dough is balled-up and flattened again and again.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2015
Unable to make use of the paste so long as the harvester is kneading it, they go back to the open air and wait on the threshold for the Bee to come out.
From Bramble-Bees and Others by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
One arm, his right one, hung by his side in an almost normal attitude, and his right fingers moved incessantly like a man's who is kneading clay.
From Told in the East by Talbot Mundy
Akulína sits spinning; Martha the housewife is kneading bread; little Paráshka is rocking a cradle.
From The Cause of it All by Aylmer Maude
