knead
verb
2.
manually manipulate (someone''s body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
- “She rubbed down her child with a sponge”
Origin
From Middle English kneden, from Old English cnedan, from Proto-West Germanic *knedan, from Proto-Germanic *knudaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gnet- (“to press together”).
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