knead

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: nēd, IPA: /niːd/
• Homophones: kneed, need

Verb

knead (third-person singular simple present kneads, present participle kneading, simple past kneaded or (obsolete) knead, past participle kneaded or (archaic) kneaden or (obsolete) knodden)

1. (transitive) To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.
3. (intransitive, felinology) Of cats, to make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.
4. (transitive) To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound.

Noun

knead (plural kneads)

1. The act of kneading something.

Anagrams

• Danek, Kaden, naked