knead

Plural: kneads

Verb

Verb Forms: kneaded, kneading, kneads

To work dough or clay into a uniform mixture with hands.
make uniform
- "knead dough"
manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
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.
To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.
Of cats, to make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.
To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound.

Noun

The act of kneading something.

Examples

She had to knead her rack, trying to force disparate letters into a coherent word.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

massage, rub down, work, amalgamate, make biscuits, make muffins

Scrabble Score: 10

knead: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
knead: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
knead: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

knead: valid Words With Friends Word