Definition of "knead" in Anglais

verb

1. (transitive) 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. (transitive, figuratively) To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.

3. (intransitive, felinology) Of cats, to make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.

4. (transitive) To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound.

noun

1. The act of kneading something.

verb

1. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of knead