Kneading
//ˈniːdɪŋ// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The process by which something is kneaded.
"Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of knead form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Mary’s cat is so sweet that I really don’t mind him curling up in my lap, but the way he insists on kneading my legs with his claws makes me feel like a pincushion."
Etymology
From Middle English knedynge; equivalent to knead + -ing.
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