knead
need
- v make uniform
knead dough - v manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
- What can fairly be called the Fagles phenomenon forms an intriguing new chapter in the long saga of efforts to knead Homeric Greek into suitable English.
- In the cliff-top spa, all-female staff knead with expertise gleaned from the resort manager's training at California College of Massage Bodywork.
- At an offbeat spa in northern Israel, tourists - and repeat customers - relax as snakes knead and strangely soothe.