Knead

Verb

 * 1)  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) * 2001, Özcan Ozan, Carl Tremblay, The Sultan's Kitchen: A Turkish Cookbook
 * Knead the dough by pressing down on it with the heels of both your palms and pushing it forward to stretch it, then pulling it back toward you...
 * 1)  To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.
 * 2)  To make a kneading motion with the paws, a sign of contentment.
 * 3) * 1991, Grace McHattie, That's cats!: a compendium of feline facts
 * Cats knead with their paws when happy, just as they kneaded when feeding from their mothers as kittens.

Adverbs for Knead
savagely; industriously; vigorously; laboriously; mechanically; experimentally; patiently; wholesomely; furiously.

Thesaurus
admix, alloy, amalgamate, bemingle, blend, block out, caress, carve, cast, chisel, coalesce, combine, commingle, commix, compose, compound, concoct, conglomerate, create, cushion, cut, ease, efform, emulsify, fashion, feel up, figure, fix, fluff, fondle, forge, form, formalize, found, frame, frictionize, fuse, gentle, hash, hew, homogenize, immingle, immix, integrate, interblend, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermix, intertwine, interweave, jumble, knock out, laxate, lay out, lick into shape, limber, limber up, loosen, mash, massage, mellow, merge, milden, mingle, mingle-mangle, mint, mix, mix up, model, mold, mollify, nose, nuzzle, pet, plump, pulp, relax, rough out, roughcast, roughhew, rub, rub against, rub down, rub noses, scramble, sculpt, sculpture, set, shake up, shape, shuffle, smash, soften, soften up, squash, stamp, stir up, stroke, subdue, supple, syncretize, tailor, tenderize, thermoform, throw together, tone down, toss together, tune down, work

Etymology
kneden:, from cnedan:, from  (cf. Dutch kneden:, German kneten:, Swedish knåda:), from  'to knead' (cf. Lithuanian gniùsti: 'to press, push', Old Church Slavonic undefined: 'to press').

Translations

 * Ancient Greek:
 * Catalan: amassar
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  搓揉
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: dagaszt, gyúr
 * Ido: petrisar


 * Italian: impasto, impastare
 * Japanese: 捏ねる, こねる,  練る
 * Pashto:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: месить, замешивать ,  замесить
 * Slovak: miesiť, hniesť
 * Slovene: mesiti(for dough uniquely), gnesti
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: knåda
 * Turkish:

Anagrams

 * Kaden
 * naked