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Synonyms for knead
The synonym for knead recorded in this bank is wedge, in the sense "to work and press a soft material with the hands to alter its consistency". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for knead
- wedgeverb, in the sense "to work and press a soft material with the hands to alter its consistency"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for knead.
to work and press a soft material with the hands to alter its consistency
Before throwing the pot, she would knead the clay firmly on the table to work out air bubbles.
The true synonym
wedge
Same sentence, swapped: Before throwing the pot, she would wedge the clay firmly on the table to work out air bubbles.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- glaze
- fire
- trim
Where knead turns up in the game
knead is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play knead
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so knead reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from materials at High Camp outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. knead carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.