knead : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: knead	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for knead
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knead v make uniform; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft" Synonym(s): knead, work manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; "She rubbed down her child with a sponge" Synonym(s): massage, rub down, knead
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 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).