NYT Connections Green Group Hint

We’re going to go out on a limb and say this is a pretty powerful visual clue. Will it get you to the finish line? That’s the catch — you still have to find the right words.
Need the verbal clue too? This is another one where you probably won’t need all of the five lives Connections gives you, much less nine of them.
Give up? There aren’t many other four-legged friends who knead and purr, so we’re going to assume you were a whisker away from getting this one well before we gave you the clues.
Today’s green group answer is Things Cats Do and its words are KNEAD, PURR, SCRATCH, and SHED.