knead vs push and shove

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

To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound. 

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. 

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, shove. 

To use one's strength to force oneself through a crowded area.