Definitions for Knead
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. knead, workverb

   make uniform

   "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft"

2. massage, rub down, kneadverb

   manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes

   "She rubbed down her child with a sponge"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Kneadverb

   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.

2. kneadverb

   To perform movements like kneading, with the paws; -- said of cats, which may knead a master's body when stroked, presumably a sign of contentment; as, a cat kneading and purring in his master's lap.

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. kneadverb

   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. kneadverb

   To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.

3. kneadverb

   To make a an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.

4. Etymology: kneden, from cnedan, from knedanan, from gnet- ‘to press together’ (cf. Old Prussian gnode ‘kneading trough’, Albanian ngjesh, Slovenian gnésti ‘to knead, press’), from ‘to ball up, pinch, compress’.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To KNEADverb

   To beat or mingle any stuff or substance. It is seldom applied in popular language but to the act of making bread.

   Etymology: cnædan, Saxon; kneden, Dutch.

   Here’s yet in the word hereafter, the kneading, the making of the cakes, and the heating of the oven. William Shakespeare.

   It is a lump, where all beasts kneaded be;
   Wisdom makes him an ark where all agree. John Donne.

   Thus kneaded up with milk the new made man
   His kingdom o’er his kindred world began;
   ’Till knowledge misapply’d, misunderstood,
   And pride of empire, sour’d his balmy blood. Dryden.

   One paste of flesh on all degrees bestow’d,
   And kneaded up alike with moist’ning blood. Dryden.

   Prometheus, in the kneading up of the heart, seasoned it with some furious particles of the lion. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

   No man ever reapt his corn,
   Or from the oven drew his bread,
   Ere hinds and bakers yet were born,
   That taught them both to sow and knead. Matthew Prior.

   The cake she kneaded was the sav’ry meat. Matthew Prior.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. knead

   In cooking (and more specifically baking), kneading is a process in the making of bread or dough, used to mix the ingredients and add strength to the final product. Its importance lies in the mixing of flour with water; when these two ingredients are combined and kneaded, the gliadin and glutenin proteins in the flour expand and form strands of gluten, which gives bread its texture. (To aid gluten production, many recipes use bread flour, which is higher in protein than all-purpose flour.) The kneading process warms and stretches these gluten strands, eventually creating a springy and elastic dough. If bread dough is not kneaded enough, it will not be able to hold the tiny pockets of gas (carbon dioxide) created by the leavening agent (such as yeast or baking powder), and will collapse, leaving a heavy and dense loaf. Kneading can be performed by hand (the traditional way), with a mixer equipped with a dough hook, or with a bread machine. In hand kneading, the dough is put on a floured surface, pressed and stretched with the heel of the hand, folded over, and rotated through 90° repeatedly. This process continues until the dough is elastic and smooth. The dough can then be allowed to rise or "prove". Similar to kneading is knocking back or punching down, which is done to the dough after proving. The dough is punched once or twice, after which it is kneaded gently for a short time. The aim of this is to remove any large gas pockets which have formed in the dough, create an even texture in the bread, and redistribute the nutrients for the yeast, thus allowing fermentation to continue. The dough can then be proofed a second time. Another method of knocking back (also known as "folding") is to gently stretch and pat out the proved dough before folding the sides in towards the centre. In bread baking, kneading can be substituted by allowing a relatively wet, low-yeast dough to rise for more than 12 hours; this method is referred to as no-knead bread.

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1. knead

   Knead refers to the process of mixing and pressing a substance, typically dough, with one's hands or using a device such as a mixer. The objective is to produce a smooth and elastic consistency, ideal for baking or cooking. The term can also be used metaphorically to describe other processes requiring physical manipulation or thorough mixing or blending.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Kneadverb

   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

2. Kneadverb

   fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat

3. Etymology: [OE. kneden, As. cnedan; akin to D. kneden, G. kneten, Sw. knda, Icel. knoa; cf. OSlav. gnesti.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Knead

   nēd, 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. [A.S. cnedan; Ice. knoða, Ger. kneten, to knead.]

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1. Knead

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Anagrams for Knead »

1. Kaden

2. naked

3. kande

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Knead in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Knead in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Knead
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=Knead
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Knead
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Knead
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knead
6. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
7. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Knead
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Knead