Definition of: knead

(nēd) v.t.
1. To mix and work, as dough or clay, into a uniform mass, usually by pressing, turning, etc., with the hands.
2. To work upon by thumps or squeezes of the hands; massage.
3. To make by or as by kneading. ♦ Homophone: need. [OE cnedan]
—knead′·er noun