Opportunity or potential.
Naive, immature, or premature.
Dough rising can represent growth or potential for growth, the idea of allowing time enough time for a process to occur, a process with a useful by-product (as in the yeast creating bubbles in the dough), a desire for warmth (physical, emotional, or spiritual).
If one sees himself kneading a piece of dough in a dream, it means that he could expect a visitor to arrive suddenly, or it could mean the arrival of an awaited traveller. Kneading in a tight place in a dream means sodomy. Kneading in a spacious surroundings in a dream means getting married. Dough that does not rise in the dream means corruption and financial difficulties. Kneading a piece of dough from barley flour in a dream denotes an effeminate person, or it could mean rising to leadership and winning a race against one’s opponents. Seeing someone kneading dough in a dream represents a leader who cares for his subjects, a popular leader, or someone who is sincere in helping others with his words and actions.
If he owns fruit trees, it means the trees will bear fruit in abundance. [5]