Verb

(en verb)

(senseid)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.

* 2001 , Özcan Ozan, Carl Tremblay, The Sultan's Kitchen: A Turkish Cookbook

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...

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

* Shakespeare

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

(of cats) To make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.

* 1991 , Grace McHattie, That's cats!: a compendium of feline facts

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

Verb

To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.

To be mingled or mixed.

* Irving

There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality.

* To feel no other breezes than are blown / Through its tall woods with high romances blent - , 1884

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(obsolete) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.

(Spenser)