It's fun to knead dough.
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Knead
//knɛːd//
Synonyms for "knead" (120 found)
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134 translations across 81 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- mbruaj verb (to work and press into a mass)
- ngjesh verb (to work and press into a mass)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- μάσσω verb (to work and press into a mass)
- φυράω verb (to work and press into a mass)
Arabic
3 entries- دَلَكَ verb (to work and press into a mass)
- عَجَنَ verb (to work and press into a mass)
- عْجن verb (to work and press into a mass)
Armenian
1 entries- հունցել verb (to work and press into a mass)
Aromanian
1 entries- frimintu verb (to work and press into a mass)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- ovmaq verb (to work and press into a mass)
- yoğurmaq verb (to work and press into a mass)
Belarusian
1 entries- мясі́ць verb (to work and press into a mass)
Bulgarian
3 entries- замесвам verb (to work and press into a mass)
- замеся verb (to work and press into a mass)
- меся verb (to work and press into a mass)
Burmese
1 entries- နယ် verb (to work and press into a mass)
Catalan
1 entries- amassar verb (to work and press into a mass)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 捏 verb (to work and press into a mass)
- 揉 verb (to work and press into a mass)
- 搓揉 verb (to work and press into a mass)
- 踩奶 verb ((of cats) to press on a surface to relax — see also make biscuits)
Czech
1 entries- hníst verb (to work and press into a mass)
Danish
1 entries- ælte verb (to work and press into a mass)
Dutch
1 entries- kneden verb (to work and press into a mass)
Egyptian
1 entries- h-b-h-b-hb verb (to work and press into a mass)
Erzya
1 entries- ичемс verb (to work and press into a mass)
Esperanto
1 entries- knedi verb (to work and press into a mass)
Even
1 entries- монӈа verb (to work and press into a mass)
Evenki
1 entries- мэнӈимӣ verb (to work and press into a mass)
Faliscan
1 entries- fico (fico) verb (to work and press into a mass)
Finnish
3 entries- leipoa verb ((of cats) to press on a surface to relax — see also make biscuits)
- sotkea verb (to work and press into a mass)
- vaivata verb (to work and press into a mass)
French
3 entries- patouner verb ((of cats) to press on a surface to relax — see also make biscuits)
- pétrir verb (to work and press into a mass)
- tricoter verb ((of cats) to press on a surface to relax — see also make biscuits)
Gagauz
1 entries- yuurmaa verb (to work and press into a mass)
Galician
3 entries- amasar verb (to work and press into a mass)
- gramar verb (to work and press into a mass)
- traballar verb (to work and press into a mass)
Georgian
4 entries- დაზელა verb (to work and press into a mass)
- ზელა verb (to work and press into a mass)
- მოზელა verb (to work and press into a mass)
- ჟღვლემა verb (to work and press into a mass)
German
1 entries- kneten verb (to work and press into a mass)
Greek
1 entries- ζυμώνω verb (to work and press into a mass)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- petri verb (to work and press into a mass)
Hebrew
1 entries- לָשׁ verb (to work and press into a mass)
Hungarian
2 entries- dagaszt verb (to work and press into a mass)
- gyúr verb (to work and press into a mass)
Ido
1 entries- petrisar verb (to work and press into a mass)
Interlingua
1 entries- impastar verb (to work and press into a mass)
Italian
4 entries- amalgamare verb (to work and press into a mass)
- comprimere verb (to work and press into a mass)
- impastare verb (to work and press into a mass)
- impastare verb ((of cats) to press on a surface to relax — see also make biscuits)
Japanese
3 entries- ふみふみ verb ((of cats) to press on a surface to relax — see also make biscuits)
- 捏ねる verb (to work and press into a mass)
- 練る verb (to work and press into a mass)
Karakhanid
1 entries- یُغُرْماقْ verb (to work and press into a mass)
Karelian
1 entries- vualie verb (to work and press into a mass)
Khmer
1 entries- ច្របល់ verb (to work and press into a mass)
Korean
2 entries- 꾹꾹이 verb ((of cats) to press on a surface to relax — see also make biscuits)
- 이기다 verb (to work and press into a mass)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- жууруу verb (to work and press into a mass)
Latin
2 entries- depsō verb (to work and press into a mass)
- fingō verb (to work and press into a mass)
Macedonian
1 entries- меси verb (to work and press into a mass)
Malayalam
1 entries- കുഴയ്ക്കുക verb (to work and press into a mass)
Maltese
1 entries- għaġen verb (to work and press into a mass)
Middle English
1 entries- kneden verb (to work and press into a mass)
Mongolian
1 entries- зуурах verb (to work and press into a mass)
Māori
4 entries- poi verb (to work and press into a mass)
- poke verb (to work and press into a mass)
- pokepoke verb (to work and press into a mass)
- pōpō verb (to work and press into a mass)
Nanai
1 entries- монгичи verb (to work and press into a mass)
Norman
1 entries- pêtri verb (to work and press into a mass)
Norwegian
1 entries- kna verb (to work and press into a mass)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یوغورمق verb (to work and press into a mass)
Pashto
1 entries- اخښل verb (to work and press into a mass)
Persian
2 entries- سرشتن verb (to work and press into a mass)
- ورز دادن verb (to work and press into a mass)
Polabian
1 entries- gnest verb (to work and press into a mass)
Polish
4 entries- gnieść verb (to work and press into a mass)
- miesić verb (to work and press into a mass)
- ugniatać verb (to work and press into a mass)
- zagniatać verb (to work and press into a mass)
Portuguese
2 entries- amassar verb (to work and press into a mass)
- sovar verb (to work and press into a mass)
Punjabi
2 entries- گُنّھݨا verb (to work and press into a mass)
- ਗੁੰਨ੍ਹਣਾ verb (to work and press into a mass)
Quechua
1 entries- q'apiy verb (to work and press into a mass)
Rarotongan
2 entries- natu verb (to work and press into a mass)
- pōpō verb (to work and press into a mass)
Romanian
1 entries- frământa verb (to work and press into a mass)
Russian
3 entries- заме́шивать verb (to work and press into a mass)
- замеси́ть verb (to work and press into a mass)
- меси́ть verb (to work and press into a mass)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- gnječiti verb (to work and press into a mass)
- гњечити verb (to work and press into a mass)
Slovak
2 entries- hniesť verb (to work and press into a mass)
- miesiť verb (to work and press into a mass)
Slovene
2 entries- gnesti verb (to work and press into a mass)
- mesiti verb (to work and press into a mass)
Southern Altai
2 entries- јураар verb (to work and press into a mass)
- јуурар verb (to work and press into a mass)
Spanish
4 entries- amasar verb (to work and press into a mass)
- heñir verb (to work and press into a mass)
- malaxar verb (to work and press into a mass)
- mullir verb (to work and press into a mass)
Swedish
1 entries- knåda verb (to work and press into a mass)
Tagalog
1 entries- lapisain verb (to work and press into a mass)
Tahitian
1 entries- nane verb (to work and press into a mass)
Thai
1 entries- นวด verb (to work and press into a mass)
Turkish
4 entries- masaj yapmak verb ((of cats) to press on a surface to relax — see also make biscuits)
- yoğurma hareketi yapmak verb ((of cats) to press on a surface to relax — see also make biscuits)
- yoğurmak verb (to work and press into a mass)
- yoğurmak verb ((of cats) to press on a surface to relax — see also make biscuits)
Turkmen
1 entries- ýugurmak verb (to work and press into a mass)
Tày
1 entries- cặn verb (to work and press into a mass)
Udmurt
1 entries- лайыны verb (to work and press into a mass)
Ukrainian
1 entries- міси́ти verb (to work and press into a mass)
Urdu
1 entries- گُون٘دْھنا verb (to work and press into a mass)
Uyghur
1 entries- يۇغۇرماق verb (to work and press into a mass)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nhào verb (to work and press into a mass)
Walloon
1 entries- prusti verb (to work and press into a mass)
Welsh
1 entries- tylino verb (to work and press into a mass)
Yiddish
1 entries- קנעטן verb (to work and press into a mass)
Zazaki
3 entries- alawıtene (diq) verb (to work and press into a mass)
- mişte kerdene verb (to work and press into a mass)
- ra'lütene verb (to work and press into a mass)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Knead the dough with both hands until it becomes elastic.
Source: tatoeba (897042)
Unblended gold in its pure form is so soft, that one can knead it by hand.
Source: tatoeba (907657)
I cannot knead this dough by myself. I need you to help me.
Source: tatoeba (1685786)
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