"knead" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /niːd/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-knead.ogg [US] Forms: kneads [plural]
enPR: nēd Rhymes: -iːd Etymology: From Middle English kneden, from Old English cnedan, from Proto-West Germanic *knedan, from Proto-Germanic *knudaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gnet- (“to press together”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|kneden}} Middle English kneden, {{inh|en|ang|cnedan}} Old English cnedan, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*knedan}} Proto-West Germanic *knedan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*knudaną}} Proto-Germanic *knudaną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*gnet-|t=to press together}} Proto-Indo-European *gnet- (“to press together”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} knead (plural kneads)
  1. The act of kneading something. Related terms: baking board, dough
    Sense id: en-knead-en-noun-wVHBbnSB

Verb [English]

IPA: /niːd/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-knead.ogg [US] Forms: kneads [present, singular, third-person], kneading [participle, present], kneaded [past], knead [obsolete, past], kneaded [participle, past], kneaden [archaic, participle, past], knodden [obsolete, participle, past]
enPR: nēd Rhymes: -iːd Etymology: From Middle English kneden, from Old English cnedan, from Proto-West Germanic *knedan, from Proto-Germanic *knudaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gnet- (“to press together”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|kneden}} Middle English kneden, {{inh|en|ang|cnedan}} Old English cnedan, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*knedan}} Proto-West Germanic *knedan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*knudaną}} Proto-Germanic *knudaną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*gnet-|t=to press together}} Proto-Indo-European *gnet- (“to press together”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=knead|past2_qual=obsolete|past_ptc2=kneaden|past_ptc2_qual=archaic|past_ptc3=knodden|past_ptc3_qual=obsolete}} knead (third-person singular simple present kneads, present participle kneading, simple past kneaded or (obsolete) knead, past participle kneaded or (archaic) kneaden or (obsolete) knodden)
  1. (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. Tags: transitive Translations (to work and press into a mass): mbruaj (Albanian), ngjesh (Albanian), μάσσω (mássō) (Ancient Greek), φυράω (phuráō) (Ancient Greek), عَجَنَ (ʕajana) (Arabic), دَلَكَ (dalaka) (Arabic), عْجن (ʕjən) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), հունցել (huncʻel) (english: dough) (Armenian), frimintu (Aromanian), ovmaq (Azerbaijani), yoğurmaq (english: dough etc) (Azerbaijani), мясі́ць (mjasícʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), меся (mesja) [perfective] (Bulgarian), замесвам (zamesvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), замеся (zamesja) [perfective] (Bulgarian), နယ် (nai) (Burmese), amassar (Catalan), (niē) (Chinese Mandarin), (róu) (Chinese Mandarin), 搓揉 (cuōróu) (Chinese Mandarin), hníst [imperfective] (Czech), ælte (Danish), kneden (Dutch), h-b-h-b-hb (hbhb) (Egyptian), ичемс (ičems) (Erzya), knedi (Esperanto), монӈа- (monŋa-) (Even), мэнӈимӣ (mənŋimī) (Evenki), fico (fico) (Faliscan), vaivata (Finnish), sotkea (Finnish), pétrir (French), yuurmaa (Gagauz), amasar (Galician), gramar (Galician), traballar (Galician), ზელა (zela) (Georgian), ჟღვლემა (žɣvlema) (Georgian), მოზელა (mozela) (Georgian), დაზელა (dazela) (Georgian), kneten (German), ζυμώνω (zymóno) (Greek), petri (Haitian Creole), לָשׁ (Hebrew), dagaszt (Hungarian), gyúr (Hungarian), petrisar (Ido), impastar (Interlingua), manipolare (Italian), impastare (Italian), massaggiare (Italian), amalgamare (Italian), comprimere (Italian), 捏ねる (koneru) (alt: こねる) (Japanese), 練る (neru) (alt: ねる) (Japanese), یُغُرْماقْ (yuɣurmak) (Karakhanid), ច្របល់ (crɑɑbɑl) (Khmer), 이기다 (igida) (Korean), жууруу (juuruu) (Kyrgyz), depsō (Latin), fingō (Latin), меси (mesi) [imperfective] (Macedonian), കുഴയ്ക്കുക (kuḻaykkuka) (Malayalam), għaġen (Maltese), pokepoke (Maori), pōpō (Maori), kneden (Middle English), зуурах (zuurax) (Mongolian), монгичи- (moŋiči-) (Nanai), pêtri (Norman), kna (Norwegian), یوغورمق (yuğurmak, yoğurmak) (Ottoman Turkish), اخښل (akhssəl) (Pashto), ورز دادن (varz dâdan) (Persian), سرشتن (sereštan) (Persian), gnest (Polabian), gnieść [imperfective] (Polish), ugniatać [imperfective] (Polish), zagniatać [imperfective] (Polish), miesić [imperfective] (Polish), amassar (Portuguese), sovar (Portuguese), q'apiy (Quechua), frământa (Romanian), меси́ть (mesítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заме́шивать (zaméšivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), замеси́ть (zamesítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), гњечити [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), gnječiti [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), miesiť (Slovak), hniesť (Slovak), mesiti (note: for dough uniquely) (Slovene), gnesti (Slovene), јура- (ǰura-) (Southern Altai), amasar (Spanish), mullir (Spanish), knåda (Swedish), lapisain (Tagalog), นวด (nûuat) (Thai), yoğurmak (Turkish), ýugurmak (Turkmen), міси́ти (misýty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), يۇغۇرماق (yughurmaq) (Uyghur), nhào (Vietnamese), prusti (Walloon), tylino (Welsh), קנעטן (knetn) (Yiddish), alawıtene (diq) (Zazaki), ra'lütene (Zazaki), mişte kerdene (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-knead-en-verb-en:to_work_and_press_into_a_mass Disambiguation of 'to work and press into a mass': 84 0 2 13
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-knead-en-verb-QuDUOGT4
  3. (intransitive, felinology) Of cats, to make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws. Tags: intransitive Synonyms (of cats, to make an alternating pressing motion): make biscuits, make muffins Translations ((of cats) to press on a surface to relax): impastare (Italian), ふみふみ (fumifumi) (Japanese), masaj yapmak (Turkish), yoğurmak (Turkish), yoğurma hareketi yapmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-knead-en-verb-nS~tffIK Disambiguation of 'of cats, to make an alternating pressing motion': 5 2 90 3 Disambiguation of '(of cats) to press on a surface to relax': 16 7 57 20
  4. (transitive) To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound. Tags: transitive Synonyms (mix): amalgamate
    Sense id: en-knead-en-verb-FDBPse1l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 7 6 7 59 Disambiguation of 'mix': 20 0 0 80

Inflected forms

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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "kneden"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English kneden",
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      "args": {
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        "3": "cnedan"
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        {
          "ref": "2001, Özcan Ozan, Carl Tremblay, The Sultan's Kitchen: A Turkish Cookbook",
          "text": "Knead the dough by pressing down on it with the heels of both your palms and pushing it forward to stretch it, then pulling it back toward you...",
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        }
      ],
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        "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."
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        "(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."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "mbruaj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "ngjesh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʕajana",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "عَجَنَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "dalaka",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "دَلَكَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "ary",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʕjən",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "tags": [
            "Moroccan-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "عْجن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "hy",
          "english": "dough",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "huncʻel",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "հունցել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "frimintu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "ovmaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "az",
          "english": "dough etc",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "yoğurmaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "mjasícʹ",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "мясі́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "mesja",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "меся"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zamesvam",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "замесвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zamesja",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "замеся"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "nai",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "နယ်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "amassar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "niē",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "捏"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "róu",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "揉"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cuōróu",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "搓揉"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "hníst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "ælte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "kneden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "egy",
          "lang": "Egyptian",
          "roman": "hbhb",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "h-b-h-b-hb"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "myv",
          "lang": "Erzya",
          "roman": "ičems",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "ичемс"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "knedi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "eve",
          "lang": "Even",
          "roman": "monŋa-",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "монӈа-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "evn",
          "lang": "Evenki",
          "roman": "mənŋimī",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "мэнӈимӣ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "xfa",
          "lang": "Faliscan",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "fico (fico)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "vaivata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "sotkea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "pétrir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "gag",
          "lang": "Gagauz",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "yuurmaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "amasar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "gramar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "traballar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "zela",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "ზელა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "žɣvlema",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "ჟღვლემა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mozela",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "მოზელა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "dazela",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "დაზელა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "kneten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "zymóno",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "ζυμώνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "mássō",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "μάσσω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "phuráō",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "φυράω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "petri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "לָשׁ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "dagaszt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "gyúr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "petrisar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "impastar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "manipolare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "impastare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "massaggiare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "amalgamare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "comprimere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "alt": "こねる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "koneru",
          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "捏ねる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "alt": "ねる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "code": "ky",
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "la",
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          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "mt",
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "mi",
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          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "mi",
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "enm",
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "mn",
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          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "ota",
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          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "pt",
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          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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          "word": "меси́ть"
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "tl",
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          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "th",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "tr",
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "tk",
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          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
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          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "ug",
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          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
          "word": "يۇغۇرماق"
        },
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          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "vi",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "wa",
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          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "zza",
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          "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "zza",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 0 2 13",
          "code": "zza",
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        "To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat."
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          "sense": "(of cats) to press on a surface to relax",
          "word": "impastare"
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          "sense": "(of cats) to press on a surface to relax",
          "word": "ふみふみ"
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          "_dis1": "16 7 57 20",
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          "sense": "(of cats) to press on a surface to relax",
          "word": "masaj yapmak"
        },
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          "_dis1": "16 7 57 20",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "(of cats) to press on a surface to relax",
          "word": "yoğurmak"
        },
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knead",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kneaded",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kneaden",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knodden",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "past2": "knead",
        "past2_qual": "obsolete",
        "past_ptc2": "kneaden",
        "past_ptc2_qual": "archaic",
        "past_ptc3": "knodden",
        "past_ptc3_qual": "obsolete"
      },
      "expansion": "knead (third-person singular simple present kneads, present participle kneading, simple past kneaded or (obsolete) knead, past participle kneaded or (archaic) kneaden or (obsolete) knodden)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2001, Özcan Ozan, Carl Tremblay, The Sultan's Kitchen: A Turkish Cookbook",
          "text": "Knead the dough by pressing down on it with the heels of both your palms and pushing it forward to stretch it, then pulling it back toward you...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "knuckles",
          "knuckles"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:to work and press into a mass"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beat",
          "beat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figuratively) To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1991, Grace McHattie, That's cats!: a compendium of feline facts",
          "text": "Cats knead with their paws when happy, just as they kneaded when feeding from their mothers as kittens.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, John C. Wright, Judi Wright Lashnits, Ain't Misbehavin', Rodale, page 44",
          "text": "One of the most characteristic things that cats do is ”knead,” pushing their paws alternately against any invitingly soft area of their human friends' bodies like a baker kneading dough.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Cat Lover's Companion, Simon and Schuster",
          "text": "Why do cats knead? When kittens are nursing, they knead against their mothers' bellies to draw out milk. A relaxed adult cat kneads your leg or a couch cushion to show that he's happy and content, as he was when he was a nursing baby.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of cats, to make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cat",
          "cat"
        ],
        [
          "alternating",
          "alternating"
        ],
        [
          "pressing",
          "pressing"
        ],
        [
          "motion",
          "motion"
        ],
        [
          "paw",
          "paw"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, felinology) Of cats, to make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mix",
          "mix"
        ],
        [
          "thoroughly",
          "thoroughly"
        ],
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ],
        [
          "homogeneous",
          "homogeneous"
        ],
        [
          "compound",
          "compound"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/niːd/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːd"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "kneed"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "need"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-knead.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6f/En-us-knead.ogg/En-us-knead.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/En-us-knead.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "nēd"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "mix",
      "word": "amalgamate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of cats, to make an alternating pressing motion",
      "word": "make biscuits"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of cats, to make an alternating pressing motion",
      "word": "make muffins"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "mbruaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "ngjesh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕajana",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "عَجَنَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "dalaka",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "دَلَكَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕjən",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "عْجن"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "english": "dough",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "huncʻel",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "հունցել"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "frimintu"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "ovmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "english": "dough etc",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "yoğurmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "mjasícʹ",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "мясі́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mesja",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "меся"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zamesvam",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "замесвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zamesja",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "замеся"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "nai",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "နယ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "amassar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "niē",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "捏"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "róu",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "揉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cuōróu",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "搓揉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "hníst"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "ælte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "kneden"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "hbhb",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "h-b-h-b-hb"
    },
    {
      "code": "myv",
      "lang": "Erzya",
      "roman": "ičems",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "ичемс"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "knedi"
    },
    {
      "code": "eve",
      "lang": "Even",
      "roman": "monŋa-",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "монӈа-"
    },
    {
      "code": "evn",
      "lang": "Evenki",
      "roman": "mənŋimī",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "мэнӈимӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "xfa",
      "lang": "Faliscan",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "fico (fico)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "vaivata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "sotkea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "pétrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gag",
      "lang": "Gagauz",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "yuurmaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "amasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "gramar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "traballar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "zela",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "ზელა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "žɣvlema",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "ჟღვლემა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mozela",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "მოზელა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dazela",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "დაზელა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "kneten"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "zymóno",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "ζυμώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "mássō",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "μάσσω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "phuráō",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "φυράω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "petri"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "לָשׁ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "dagaszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "gyúr"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "petrisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "impastar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "manipolare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "impastare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "massaggiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "amalgamare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "comprimere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こねる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "koneru",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "捏ねる"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ねる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "neru",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "練る"
    },
    {
      "code": "xqa",
      "lang": "Karakhanid",
      "roman": "yuɣurmak",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "یُغُرْماقْ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "crɑɑbɑl",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "ច្របល់"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "igida",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "이기다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "juuruu",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "жууруу"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "depsō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "fingō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mesi",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "меси"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kuḻaykkuka",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "കുഴയ്ക്കുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "għaġen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "pokepoke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "pōpō"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "kneden"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "zuurax",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "зуурах"
    },
    {
      "code": "gld",
      "lang": "Nanai",
      "roman": "moŋiči-",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "монгичи-"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "pêtri"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "kna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "yuğurmak, yoğurmak",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "یوغورمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "akhssəl",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "اخښل"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "varz dâdan",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "ورز دادن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sereštan",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "سرشتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pox",
      "lang": "Polabian",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "gnest"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "gnieść"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ugniatać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zagniatać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "miesić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "amassar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "sovar"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "q'apiy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "frământa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mesítʹ",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "меси́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaméšivatʹ",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заме́шивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zamesítʹ",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "замеси́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "гњечити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "gnječiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "miesiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "hniesť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "note": "for dough uniquely",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "mesiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "gnesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "ǰura-",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "јура-"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "amasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "mullir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "knåda"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "lapisain"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nûuat",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "นวด"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "yoğurmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "ýugurmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "misýty",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "міси́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "yughurmaq",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "يۇغۇرماق"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "nhào"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "prusti"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "tylino"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "knetn",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "קנעטן"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "alawıtene (diq)"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "ra'lütene"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "to work and press into a mass",
      "word": "mişte kerdene"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(of cats) to press on a surface to relax",
      "word": "impastare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fumifumi",
      "sense": "(of cats) to press on a surface to relax",
      "word": "ふみふみ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(of cats) to press on a surface to relax",
      "word": "masaj yapmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(of cats) to press on a surface to relax",
      "word": "yoğurmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(of cats) to press on a surface to relax",
      "word": "yoğurma hareketi yapmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knead"
}

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    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English verbs",
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    "Rhymes:English/iːd/1 syllable"
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "kneden"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English kneden",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "cnedan"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*knudaną"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gnet-",
        "t": "to press together"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gnet- (“to press together”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English kneden, from Old English cnedan, from Proto-West Germanic *knedan, from Proto-Germanic *knudaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gnet- (“to press together”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kneads",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "knead (plural kneads)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "baking board"
    },
    {
      "word": "dough"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Andrew Whitley, Bread Matters",
          "text": "Do not expect the dough to be very manageable even after a good knead.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of kneading something."
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/niːd/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːd"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "kneed"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "need"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-knead.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6f/En-us-knead.ogg/En-us-knead.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/En-us-knead.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
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    {
      "enpr": "nēd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knead"
}
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: intransitive, felinology",
  "path": [
    "knead"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "knead",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: intransitive, felinology",
  "path": [
    "knead"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "knead",
  "trace": ""
}

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