Knead vs Kneadable - What's the difference?
knead | kneadable |
(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
(figuratively) To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.
* Shakespeare
(of cats) To make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.
* 1991 , Grace McHattie, That's cats!: a compendium of feline facts
As a verb knead
is (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.As an adjective kneadable is
capable of being kneaded, or worked into a mass.knead
English
Verb
(en verb)- 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...
- I will knead him: I'll make him supple.
- Cats knead with their paws when happy, just as they kneaded when feeding from their mothers as kittens.
