knead
[need]
- to work (dough, clay, etc.) into a uniform mixture by pressing, folding, and stretching.
- to manipulate by similar movements, as the body in a massage.
- to make by kneading: to knead bread.
- to make kneading movements with: She kneaded her fist into her palm.
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Origin of knead
before 950; Middle English kneden, Old English cnedan; cognate with German kneten, Dutch kneden
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Contemporary Examples
Mix together then knead to make a soft, smooth, elastic dough.
Pour in the chicken stock and knead with your hands until the bread is very moist, actually wet.
The chocolate is put in large conching machines that spin it though whirling blades to knead it for hours.
Historical Examples
When it has doubled in bulk, remove it from the bowl and knead it.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Knead the dough, let it rise again, and form it into loaves.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
When it is well mixed, knead it with your hands into a stiff dough.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesEliza Leslie
Knead the mixture into a stiff dough, and set it to rise in a pan.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesEliza Leslie
When it is quite light, put it on your paste-board and knead it well.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesEliza Leslie
knead
- to work and press (a soft substance, such as bread dough) into a uniform mixture with the hands
- to squeeze, massage, or press with the hands
- to make by kneading
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Word Origin
Old English cnedan; related to Old Saxon knedan, Old Norse knotha
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Word Origin and History for knead
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Old English cnedan "to knead," from Proto-Germanic *knedanan (cf. Old Saxon knedan, Middle Dutch cneden, Dutch kneden, Old High German knetan, German kneten, Old Norse knoða "to knead"). Originally a strong verb (past tense cnæd, past participle cneden).
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