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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knead.

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Examples

  • No problems except for two, one 13 year old totally failed the written test because he didn't know how to read and found out thru his parents the school they were just passing him along and boy did I kick over a truckload of worms when I passed them on to a close friend who was #1 in charge for Children in special kneads for Central and North Alaska and the other one?

    Last October I became a hunter's ed instructor. 2010

  • No problems except for two, one 13 year old totally failed the written test because he didn't know how to read and found out thru his parents the school they were just passing him along and boy did I kick over a truckload of worms when I passed them on to a close friend who was #1 in charge for Children in special kneads for Central and North Alaska and the other one?

    Last October I became a hunter's ed instructor. 2010

  • Pro: This ingenious machine does it all: mixes, kneads and forms the dough.

    WSJ Test Kitchen: Pasta Makers Laura Moser 2011

  • She kneads the rosary beads, and mutters, “Hail Holy Queens,” and “Our Fathers,” and never ventures outside, save to be driven to Sunday Mass by Da.

    bolt the door James Claffey 2011

  • My daughters cat still - at 5 years old, gets in her hair and kneads his paws.

    If Wishes Were Pussycats | Her Bad Mother 2009

  • She moans, buries her face in the pillow, kneads the bedpost.

    Monkeytown excerpt 3 Chris Vola 2011

  • John Francis Peters for The Wall Street Journal Ms. Hmiel kneads the ball of cheese until it has a shiny, smooth texture.

    Making Mozzarella at Home 2012

  • Watching Jeopardy, he puts his bare feet on my stomach, kneads my belly with his toes.

    Pitt Bull 2010

  • In an oversized club chair, I soak my feet in a barrel of milk, herbs and Chinese medicine, after which a young man kneads my shins and toes with Healthy Spa Life Cure Professor Lotion.

    Susan Orlins: Worrywart's 8 Stress-Reducing Things to Do in Beijing 2010

  • Give the dough three 10-second kneads on an oiled surface over 30 minutes, then leave, covered, for an hour.

    Dan Lepard's semolina BBQ buns 2010

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