/niːd/
noun
The act of kneading something.verb
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.To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.(of cats) To make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound.