Need vs. Knead

Neednoun

A requirement for something; something needed.

Neednoun

Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.

Needverb

(transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.

Needverb

(transitive) To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.

Needverb

(modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).

Needverb

(intransitive) To be required; to be necessary.

Needverb

To be necessary (to someone).

Neednoun

A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.

Neednoun

Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.

Neednoun

That which is needful; anything necessary to be done; (pl.) necessary things; business.

Neednoun

Situation of need; peril; danger.

Needverb

To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.

Needverb

To be wanted; to be necessary.

Needadverb

Of necessity. See Needs.

Neednoun

a condition requiring relief;

Neednoun

anything that is necessary but lacking;

Neednoun

the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior;

Neednoun

a state of extreme poverty or destitution;

Needverb

require as useful, just, or proper;

Needverb

have need of;

Needverb

have or feel a need for;

Need

A need is something that is necessary for an organism to live a healthy life. Needs are distinguished from wants.

Kneadverb

(transitive) 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.

Kneadverb

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

Kneadverb

To make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.

Kneadverb

(transitive) To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound.

Kneadnoun

The act of kneading something.

Kneadverb

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.

Kneadverb

Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat.

Kneadverb

To press repeatedly with the hands or knuckles, sometimes with a twisting or squeezing motion; - performed for example on the body of a person as a form of massage.

Kneadverb

To perform movements like kneading, with the paws; - said of cats, which may knead{3} a master's body when stroked, presumably a sign of contentment; as, a cat kneading and purring in his master's lap.

Kneadverb

manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes;