knead

Short definition from Wiktionary

Verb

1. 1
   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.
2. 2
   To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.
3. 3
   Of cats, to make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.
4. 4
   To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound.

Noun

1. 1
   The act of kneading something.