Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

knead

Syllabification: (knead)
Pronunciation: /nēd/
Translate knead | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
Definition of knead

verb

[with object]
  • work (moistened flour or clay) into dough or paste with the hands.
  • make (bread or pottery) by kneading flour or clay.
  • massage or squeeze with the hands:she kneaded his back

Derivatives

kneadable

adjective

kneader

noun

Origin:

Old English cnedan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kneden and German kneten

knead in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of knead in the British & World English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

offing

/ ˈɒfɪŋ /
noun
the more distant part of the sea in view …