The act of kneading something.
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.
The act or operation of reaping.
Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
The material cut off in this way.
The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
The act or operation of dividing with shears.
Tending to cut or tear.