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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Knead  \Knead\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Kneaded};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Kneading}.]  [OE.  kneden  As  cnedan  akin  to  D.  kneden  G. 
  kneten  Sw  kn?da,  Icel.  kno?a;  cf  OSlav.  gnesti.] 
  1.  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.;  as  to  knead  dough. 
 
  The  kneading,  the  making  of  the  cake,  the  heating  of 
  the  oven,  and  the  baking.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Fig.:  To  treat  or  form  as  by  kneading;  to  beat 
 
  I  will  knead  him  :  I'll  make  him  supple.  --Shak. 
 
  {Kneading  trough},  a  trough  or  tray  in  which  dough  is 
  kneaded.  --Ex.  viii.  3. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  knead 
  v  1:  make  uniform,  as  of  dough  or  clay  [syn:  {work}] 
  2:  usually  for  medicinal  or  relaxation  purposes  [syn:  {massage}, 
  {rub  down}] 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Knead 
  to  prepare  dough  in  the  process  of  baking  (Gen.  18:6;  1  Sam. 
  28:24;  Hos.  7:4). 
 




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