knead

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.
  2. Verb.  (transitive, figuratively) To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.
  3. Verb.  (intransitive, of cats) To make a kneading motion with the paws, a sign of contentment.

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