knead

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

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. (figuratively, transitive) To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.
3. (intransitive) Of cats, to make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.
4. (transitive) To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound.

Noun

The act of kneading something.

Concepts

pétrir

malaxer

masser

💆

presser

lustrer

🇵🇱

massage

modeler

serrer

travailler

coincer

donner la main

triturer

viander

brasser

serrer avec la main

éteindre

façonner

former

Synonymes

squeeze

massage

💆

rub

crush

knead dough

press

mash

mix

work

mold

rub down

work over

mould

shape

blend

pinch

roll

complicate

stir

turn into a mess

inflict

intermix

masticate

model

molest

mollify

nag

niggle

palpitate

pound

💷

puddle

rabble

shake hands

smash

smite

soften

spindle

squash

squeeze out

step on

strangle

throttle

tickle

trample on

trouble

trump up

twirl

vex

weigh

whip

Traductions

kneten

amasar

kneden

impastare

amassar

sobar

ζυμώνω

schiacciare

lavorare la massa

pastar

plattdrücken

aplastar

amassar

yoğurmak

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/niːd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: kneden

Hérité de ancien anglais: cnedan

In summary

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”).