kneading


knead

N0047901 (nēd)tr.v. knead·ed, knead·ing, kneads 1. To mix and work into a uniform mass, as by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands: kneading dough.2. To make or shape by or as if by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands.3. To squeeze, press, or roll with the hands, as in massaging: kneading a painful calf muscle.
[Middle English kneden, from Old English cnedan.]
knead′er n.
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