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. "The kneading, the making of the cake, the heating of the oven, and the baking."
2.Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat. "I will knead him: I'll make him supple."
3.To press repeatedly with the hands or knuckles, sometimes with a twisting or squeezing motion; performed for example on the body of a person as a form of massage.
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