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means To work dough or other soft material by repeatedly pressing, folding, and stretching it with your hands.

from From Old English cnedan, 'to knead,' descending from a Germanic root shared with cousins like Dutch kneden and German kneten. The same ancient root may be tied to words for pressing and squeezingfitting for a verb that has always meant getting your hands into something soft and forcing it into shape.

gluten chainskneading links proteins into stretchy elastic webs
old wordshares Indo-European roots with squeezing and pressing
cat behaviorkittens knead mothers to stimulate milk flow
no-knead rebelliontime can replace muscle for slow gluten formation
massage cousinsame word describes working muscles, not just dough
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