Thesaurus results for KNEAD

knead

verb

Definition of knead

as in to pat

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Recent Examples of knead Adult cats that haven’t nursed in over a decade will still knead blankets, laps and each other, with no milk anywhere in the picture. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Turn the dough out on top, then using clean hands, knead in the remainder of the flour. — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2026 This was underlined by a photo of Kate kneading dough wearing her engagement ring, the one with a huge sapphire in the middle. — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026 The little eye massager genuinely feels like a pair of experienced, soft, firm, warm hands and thumbs nudging, kneading and putting pressure on the exact right places on my temples and eyes. — Joe Salas april 18, New Atlas, 18 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for knead

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In 2022, the paparazzi leaked photos of the two holding hands, nestled into each other at a New York bar, and Holmes patting Robach on the rear.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
And, like with Quincosa, a Customs agent patted Castillo down and found multiple plastic tubes covered in tape concealed under his pants.

— David Goodhue October 7, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of pat

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O’Rourke and double bassist Johan Berthling shape a steady drone, while Ishibashi’s piano runs suggest time-lapse footage of ice crystals forming, ordinary little bits cohering into objects of wonder.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Dyrholm, whose credits include Susanne Bier’s Oscar-winner In a Better World, Magnus von Horn’s The Girl With The Needle and Nikolaj Arcel’s A Royal Affair, will play Linda, an intimacy coordinator who struggles to form intimate connections.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of form

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Employee working with open food not wearing effective hair restraint.

— NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
But while critics on the Israeli right railed against the deal, Netanyahu’s deputies worked behind the scenes to preserve it, according to correspondence obtained by TIME.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of work

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So, to ensure optimum conditions for the chickens, the team employed computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software to model how warm air moved through the building.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Hosk, who last walked the show in 2018 and was the last one to model a Fantasy Bra, is also set to return.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

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