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kneading

  • present participle of knead.

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Today, naan is made by combing flour, yogurt and yeast and kneading them into a soft dough.

From BBC Dec. 29, 2025

"You repurpose existing skills -- using an oven, measuring ingredients, kneading dough -- and combine them with new ones, like whipping batter and making frosting, to create something entirely different."

From Science Daily Nov. 28, 2025

While the crossings remain closed, life has regained a semblance of normality, with bakers kneading bread, fruit and vegetable sellers wheeling out their carts, and customers frequenting shops.

From Barron's Oct. 20, 2025

I got the Sellers Hoosier, a wooden hutch with a built-in tin flour bin and a metal bread kneading shelf, now more than 100 years old, that my great-grandmother used to bake on.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 1, 2024

They thudded against chairs, whirling their mustached runners, kneading the rug nap, sucking gently at hidden dust.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury