knead
verb
- form material by mixing/massaging in repetative folding motion
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”).
- The act of kneading something.
“Do not expect the dough to be very manageable even after a good knead.”
verb
- simple past and past participle of knead