kneads

verb

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