to knead
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3.5
- verb
- /niːd/
:
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- Before baking, you need to knead the dough to create a smooth texture.
- kneaded dough
- kneaded clay
- kneading bread
Why don't we invent a machine to knead the dough for us?
- Why don't we invent a machine to knead the dough for us?
- And it's much fun as it is OK to sit there and knead the bread and proof it and then do whatever you got to do and then let it rise again and put it in the oven.
Examples
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Trying to protect her eardrums, she closed the kitchen door and got back to kneading the dough for the crust.
Fiction book (1996) -
We would cut one day, gather the next day into bowls, and then we would knead the gum into balls.
Academic text (2011) -
Just going to fold it and then knead it a little bit.
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Then again, you could just sit here and knead it, which is what I'm going to do.
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Maybe I can knead some dough with you guys.
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Before we start kneading the dough, it's time for an ad break for being honest with you.
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All night long she kneaded and baked, and during the day she tended her garden and her house.
Fiction book (1994) -
Why don't we invent a machine to knead the dough for us?
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Two women own the shop, and they serve their daily orders and then take turns kneading dough for the noon deadlines.
Fiction book (1999) -
At night, Kushi sits outside the kitchen, kneading dough for rotis.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
∞
2.3
To move and shape materials with hands or tools
Antonyms
How Smooth
Surface Forms
Etymology
Knead comes from an old German word cnedan that meant 'to press' or 'squeeze', so to knead dough is to press, fold and stretch it until it becomes smooth.