English Dictionary

knead

IPA（発音記号）

/niːd/

動詞

他動詞 比喩的用法 自動詞

(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.

日本語の意味

材料（特にパンやケーキの生地など）を手でよく混ぜ、まとめるために圧力を加えて働くこと。 / 生地を滑らかで弾力のある状態にするため、手で繰り返し押し、伸ばしたり捏ねたりする行為。

Before baking, she had to knead the dough until it became smooth and elastic.

焼く前に、彼女は生地が滑らかで弾力が出るまで手でこねなければならなかった。

意味（1）

(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.

Knead the dough by pressing down on it with the heels of both your palms and pushing it forward to stretch it, then pulling it back toward you...

意味（2）

(transitive, figuratively) To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.

I will knead him: I'll make him supple.

意味（3）

(intransitive, felinology) Of cats, to make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.

Cats knead with their paws when happy, just as they kneaded when feeding from their mothers as kittens.

意味（4）

(transitive) To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound.

kneads （ present singular third-person ）

kneading （ participle present ）

kneaded （ past ）

knead （ obsolete past ）

kneaded （ participle past ）

kneaden （ archaic participle past ）

knodden （ obsolete participle past ）