knead
To work and press into a mass, usually with the handsTo 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.
» I'm kneading the dough.
Ich knete den Teig.
Meaning
4 senses(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.
kneten
меси́тьmesítʹ, заме́шиватьzaméšivatʹ, замеси́тьzamesítʹ
міси́тиmisýty
(figuratively, transitive)To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.
(intransitive)Of cats, to make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.
(transitive)To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound.
to mix into a homogeneous mass
Examples
43 sentencesI'm kneading the dough.
deIch knete den Teig.
I kneaded the dough.
Tom kneaded the dough.
It's fun to knead dough.
Tom is kneading the dough.
deTom knetet den Teig.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English kneden, from Old English cnedan, from Proto-West Germanic *knedan, froFrom Middle English kneden, from Old English cnedan, from Proto-West Germanic *knedan, from Proto-Germanic *knudaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gnet- (“to press together”).
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Forms
kneads, kneading, kneaded, kneadedSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle