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knead

verb

  1. form material by mixing/massaging in repetative folding motion
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /niːd/ / /knɛːd/ / /nɛd/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English kneden, from Old English cnedan, from Proto-West Germanic *knedan, from Proto-Germanic *knudaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gnet- (“to press together”).

  1. The act of kneading something.

    Do not expect the dough to be very manageable even after a good knead.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of knead