knead

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

pétrir

kneten

amasar

malaxer

kneden

impastare

amassar

masser

💆

ζυμώνω

schiacciare

sobar

lavorare la massa

pastar

plattdrücken

aplastar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/niːd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: kneden

Inherited from Old English: 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”).