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• Knead bread with a rocking action.From the entry action
• Anma is a traditional Japanese massage involving vigorous kneading, rubbing, tapping and shaking.2020, Parmod Kumar, Sports Medicine, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, page 163. From the entry anma
• I follow her into the kitchen to watch her knead and braid the dough.2010, Haya Leah Molnar, Under a Red Sky, →ISBN, page 251. From the entry cozonac
• Kabutri, in the meanwhile, had kneaded some atta and rolled out a few real rotis.2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 7. From the entry atta
• They kneaded dough and baked cakes and biscuits and sweet honey-buns with nuts and almonds.2006, Miriam Akavia, translated by Richard Flanz, “Laughter and Tears”, in Rafael F. Scharf, editor, My Own Vineyard: A Jewish Family in…. From the entry honey-bun
• Our favourite is cig kofte, Turkey's answer to steak tartare (lamb kneaded with spice and herbs).2005 December 17, Sudi Pigott, “Istanbul on a plate”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry steak tartare
• Some drool while kneading, and others become so enthusiastic that they drive their sharp claws into human legs.2007, Arden Moore, “Part I: Feeling Fine about Being Feline”, in Lisa H. Hiley, editor, The Cat Behavior Answer Book, North Adams, Mass.…. From the entry pincushion
• "Its regular overall form stems from careful manufacture; its harmonious volume is the sign of a dough kneaded slowly," they write.2004 April 22, Jon Henley, “Guides show Parisians where their best bread is buttered”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry French stick
• Fermented tea leaves kneaded with peanut oil, laphet is, hands-down, Myanmar's weirdest and most wonderful contribution to world cuisine.2002 August, Gourmet, volume 62, numbers 7-12, page 71. From the entry weird
• It self-cleanses when you knead it with your fingers and leaves your work space free of eraser dust.1999, Rachel Rubin Wolf, Keys to Painting - Fur & Feathers, →ISBN, page 22. From the entry eraser dust
• I had never honchoed that many people so even something as simple as ordering them to knead dough or fondant became an important decision.2010, Buddy Valastro, Cake Boss, Simon and Schuster, published 2020, →ISBN, page 142. From the entry honcho
• Working double-handedly also conserves your hands in large kneading strokes, for example when you are working on the adductors on the inside of the thigh.2007, Darien Pritchard, Dynamic Bodyuse for Effective, Strain-Free Massage, →ISBN, page 168. From the entry double-handedly
• The name means broken dough, because the ingredients are “broken” into each other after mixing, then kneaded until they are as pliable as putty.1989, Anne Willan, La Varenne Pratique: Part 4, Baking, Preserving & Desserts, BookBaby, →ISBN. From the entry pâte brisée
• Later, the excavatrix becomes a baker: she kneads the cakes for the children into cylinders; the father is then the baker’s boy.1911, Jean-Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, The Life and Love of the Insect, A. and C. Black, page 134. From the entry excavatrix
• The end which goes into the smoker’s mouth is kneaded into shape, and the loose end gummed down with a touch of gum taraxacum.1908 February 8, “A Visit to a Cigar Factory: Toronto Star Reporter Sees the Fragrant Weed Rolled Into Smokes. […]”, in The Toronto Daily…. From the entry cutting-board
• He slid to the floor, still holding her, his hands spread wide against her rounded cheeks, kneading them erotically as he kissed the inside of her thigh.2009, Penny Jordan, chapter 8, in The Sicilian's Baby Bargain, Mills & Boon, page 212. From the entry woman scent
• Knead, roll out very thin, let dry a little, then cut into the desired shape (long, thin strips if for lapsha), and cook in boiling salted water.1923, Alexandre Gagarine, transl., The Borzoi Cook Book, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →OCLC, page 62. From the entry lapsha

Meaning of knead

1. verb 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. verb To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.
3. verb Of cats, to make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.

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How do you use knead in a sentence?

Knead is used as a verb and noun. For example: “Knead bread with a rocking action.”

What is a short sentence with knead?

“Why do cats knead?”

What does knead mean?

Knead means 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.