Knead
[niːd] or [nid]
Definition
(verb.) make uniform; 'knead dough'; 'work the clay until it is soft'.
Editor: Priscilla--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat.
Editor: Vicky
Definition
v.t. to work and press together into a mass as flour into dough: to operate upon in massage: to mix.—ns. Knead′er; Knead′ing-trough a trough for kneading.
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Examples
- After making a stroke knead the dirt into the dough, and continue doing so until it is useless. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- One of the laboratory assistants was told to make some of this mixture, knead it, and roll some filaments. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- How long did you knead it? Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Grape juice mixed with millet ferments quickly and strongly, and the Romans learned to use this mixture for bread raising, kneading a very small amount of it through the dough. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He had been kneading a small mass for the purpose. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Among modern devices in the laundry, worked by hand, is, first, the _washing-machine_, in which the principle is adapted of rolling over or kneading the clothes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- While it is being cooked in these large kettles sugar is added, and as soon as the gum is done it is placed in a kneading machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Crude chicle is obtained by simple boiling and evaporation of the milk, accompanied by frequent kneading. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And this proved to be correct, for, after a prolonged kneading and rolling, the mass changed into a cohesive, stringy, homogeneous putty. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Cakes of dates pounded and kneaded together are the food of the Arabs who traverse the deserts. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As soon as the wax had softened to the plasticity of dough she kneaded the pieces together. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The two are intimately mixed in an earthen vessel, kneaded and flattened, shaped and polished. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Distilled by the sun, kneaded by the moon, it is renewed in a year, in a day, or in an hour. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It is now about the consistency of bread or cake dough, and after being kneaded and cooled, flavor is added. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When flour and water alone are kneaded and baked in loaves, the result is a mass so compact and hard that human teeth are almost powerless to crush and chew it. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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