VERB: "to work and press into a mass with...the hands" Crossword Clue

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VERB: "to work and press into a mass with...the hands" Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. make uniform
2. manually manipulate (someone’s body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

HANDS (noun)
1. the force of workers available
2. (with `in’) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
VERB (noun)
1. a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence
2. the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence

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