The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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.
The kneading, the making of the cake, the heating of the oven, and the baking.
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Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat.
I will knead him : I'll make him supple.
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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.
Kneading trough, a trough or tray in which dough is kneaded.
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Wiktionary
n. A (usually wooden) trough in which dough is kneaded before baking into bread.
Usage examples of "kneading trough".
I'll toss it back into the kneading trough, mix it with the other clay, and sooner or later it will serve again.
At the kneading trough, Annlaw pounded the clay with greater vigor than Hevydd the Smith at his anvil.
Among feminine divinities there were: Matergabia who directed the housekeeping and to whom one offered the first piece of bread from the kneading trough.