Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
knead |
verb t. |
To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, as the materials of bread, cake, etc.; as, to knead dough., Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat. |
kneck |
noun |
The twisting of a rope or cable, as it is running out. |
kneed |
adjective |
Having knees;- used chiefly in composition; as, in-kneed; out-kneed; weak-kneed., Geniculated; forming an obtuse angle at the joints, like the knee when a little bent; as, kneed grass. |
knelt |
imp. & past participle |
of Kneel, of Kneel. |
kneel |
verb i. |
To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; — sometimes with down. |
knell |
noun |
The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of anything., To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen., To summon, as by a knell. |