transitive verb. To mix and work into a uniform mass, as by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands.

transitive verb. To make or shape by or as if by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands.

transitive verb. To squeeze, press, or roll with the hands, as in massaging.

To manipulate by squeezing, pressing, or thumping different parts of; work upon by successive thumps or compressions: as, to knead a person's limbs in the operation of massage.

Specifically To work upon, as plastic materials, by repeatedly pressing or squeezing; prepare or mix by working over and over with the hands or by tools or machinery, as dough for bread or clay for bricks.

Hence To mix thoroughly; incorporate; form into a homogeneous compound.

To make by kneading.

intransitive verb. To perform movements like kneading, with the paws; -- said of cats, which may knead{3} a master's body when stroked, presumably a sign of contentment.

transitive verb. To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, as the materials of bread, cake, etc..

transitive verb. Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat.

transitive verb. To press repeatedly with the hands or knuckles, sometimes with a twisting or squeezing motion; -- performed for example on the body of a person as a form of massage.

transitive verb. a trough or tray in which dough is kneaded.

verb. 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.

verb. To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.

verb. To make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.

verb. make uniform

verb. manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes

"The word knead comes from an Indo-European root meaning “to compress into a ball”; related words are gnocchi, quenelle, knoll, and knuckle."

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