leipoa — meaning in English

English meaning

• bake verb To cook food using dry heat in an oven.
• knead verb To press, fold, and work a soft mixture (especially dough) with the hands until it becomes smooth and even.

Senses

leipoa is used for these senses in English:

• bake (transitive, or, intransitive, or, ditransitive, with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).
• bake (intransitive, with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven.
• knead (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.

bake — full definition

1. verb To cook food using dry heat in an oven.
2. verb To harden or dry something using heat.
3. noun A social event where food is baked or served, or a baked dish itself.

knead — full definition

1. verb To press, fold, and work a soft mixture (especially dough) with the hands until it becomes smooth and even.
2. verb Of a cat: to push its paws rhythmically against a soft surface, an instinctive behaviour left over from kittenhood.

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