knead
verb (used with object)
to work (dough, clay, etc.) into a uniform mixture by pressing, folding, and stretching.
kneader
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a word derived from
knead.
Example Sentences
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Another spare-time kneader, the California Institute of Technology's director of publications Ed Hutchings Jr., 60, of Altadena, bakes loaves of "basic white" with bran or wheat germ each Saturday.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the mother Maga she is the maker or kneader, the mother of the building and constructing races ... they were the first builders of towns....
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Zelia Nuttall
In general design this kneader approximated to the machines which have since done good work in bakeries all the world over.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
Thus the grey-headed old Henoch, the kneader, and he kneaded it all into the dough, with thoughts of his own grandchildren: this one fled abroad, the other in the regiment, and a third in prison.
From Yiddish Tales by Various
So much, however, depends upon the kneading, that it is said that the common inquiry before the engagement of a domestic servant in Scotland, is whether or not she is a good kneader of oatcakes.
From Science in the Kitchen. by Mrs. E. E. Kellogg
