knead

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Homophones 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• nēd, /ni:d/
• IPA: /niːd/
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• Rhymes: -iːd

[edit] Homophones

• need

[edit] Verb

to knead (third-person singular simple present kneads, present participle kneading, simple past and past participle kneaded)

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

[edit] Translations

• Catalan: amassar
• Danish: ælte da(da)
• Dutch: kneden nl(nl)
• Finnish: vatkata fi(fi), vaivata fi(fi)
• French: pétrir fr(fr)
• German: kneten de(de)
• Greek: ζυμώνω el(el) (zymóno)
• Ido: petrisar
• Slovene: mesiti(for dough uniquely), gnesti
• Spanish: amasar es(es)
• Swedish: knåda
• Portuguese: amassar pt(pt)
• Turkish: yogurmak