knead vs pleach

knead

noun
  • The act of kneading something. 

verb
  • To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound. 

  • To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat. 

  • 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. 

  • Of cats, to make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws. 

pleach

noun
  • A notch cut into a branch so that it can be bent when pleaching is carried out. 

  • An act or result of interweaving; specifically, (horticulture) a hedge or lattice created by interweaving the branches of shrubs, trees, etc. 

  • A branch of a shrub, tree, etc., used for pleaching; a pleacher. 

verb
  • To unite by interweaving, as (horticulture) branches of shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash. 

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