[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

knead \knead\ n=ed, v. t. imp.  p. p. kneaded; p. pr. 
   vb. n. kneading. oe. kneden, as. cnedan; akin to d.
   kneden, g. kneten, sw. knada, icel. knoetha; 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.
      1913 webster

            the kneading, the making of the cake, the heating of
            the oven, and the baking.             --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. fig.: to treat or form as by kneading; to beat.
      1913 webster

            i will knead him : i'll make him supple. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. to press repeatedly with the hands or knuckles, sometimes
      with a twisting or squeezing motion; -- performed for
      example on the body of a person as a form of massage.
      pjc

   kneading trough, a trough or tray in which dough is
      kneaded. --ex. viii. 3.
      1913 webster
see also:
kneaded kneading kneading trough 

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