'Knead' definitions:

Definition of 'knead'

(from WordNet)
verb
Make uniform; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft" [syn: knead, work]
verb
Manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; "She rubbed down her child with a sponge" [syn: massage, rub down, knead]

Definition of 'Knead'

From: GCIDE
  • Knead \Knead\ (n[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kneaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Kneading.] [OE. kneden, As. cnedan; akin to D. kneden, G. kneten, Sw. kn[*a]da, Icel. kno[eth]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. [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]

Definition of 'knead'

From: GCIDE
  • knead \knead\, v. i. To perform movements like kneading, with the paws; -- said of cats, which may knead[3] a master's body when stroked, presumably a sign of contentment; as, a cat kneading and purring in his master's lap. [PJC]

Definition of 'knead'

From: Easton
  • Knead to prepare dough in the process of baking (Gen. 18:6; 1 Sam. 28:24; Hos. 7:4).