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1. (n.) massage
the act or skill of treating the body by rubbing, patting, or the like, as to stimulate circulation or relieve tension.
2. (v.t.) massage
to treat by massage.
3. massage
to cajole; flatter.
4. massage
to manipulate so as to produce a desired result:
to massage data.
Etymology: (1875–80; < F, =mass(er) to massage (< Ar massa to handle) +-age -age)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) massage
kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation
2. (verb) massage, rub down, knead
manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
"She rubbed down her child with a sponge"
3. (verb) massage
give a massage to
"She massaged his sore back"
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1. (noun) massage
the act or process of rubbing, pressing, etc. sb's body to stop pain or for relaxation
massage therapy; to have a back massage
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| Definition of 'massage' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) massage
a rubbing or kneading of the body, especially when performed as a hygienic or remedial measure
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. massage
in medicine a process of kneading, stroking, and rubbing, with the fingers and palms of the hands, applied to the body as a whole or to locally affected parts, to allay pain, promote circulation, and restore nervous and vital energy; it was practised in very early times in China and India; was known to the Greeks and Romans, and was revived by Dr. Mezger of Amsterdam in 1853.
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. massage
[common] Vague term used to describe ‘smooth’
transformations of a data set into a different form, esp. transformations
that do not lose information. Connotes less pain than
munch or crunch. “He
wrote a program that massages X bitmap files into GIF format.”
Compare slurp.
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| Definition of 'massage' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. massage
Group of systematic and scientific manipulations of body tissues best performed with the hands for the purpose of affecting the nervous and muscular systems and the general circulation.
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Sense: to treat (a person's body or part of it) by rubbing etc to ease and remove pain or stiffness
She massaged my sore back.
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 Afrikaans: masseer |
 Arabic: يُمَسِّدُ، يُدَلِّك |
 Bulgarian: масажирам |
 Brazilian: massagear |
 Czech: masírovat |
 German: massieren |
 Danish: massage |
 Greek: μαλάσσω, κάνω μασάζ |
 Spanish: dar masajes, masajear |
 Estonian: masseerima |
 Farsi: ماساژ دادن |
 Finnish: hieroa |
 French: masser |
 Hebrew: לְעַסוֹת |
 Hindi: मालिश |
 Croatian: masirati |
 Hungarian: (meg)masszíroz |
 Indonesian: mengurut |
 Icelandic: nudda |
 Italian: massaggiare |
 Japanese: マッサージする |
 Korean: 마사지하다 |
 Lithuanian: masažuoti |
 Latvian: masēt |
 Malay: mengurut |
 Dutch: masseren |
 Norwegian: massere, gi massasje |
 Polish: masować |
 Persian: ماساژ دادن |
 Pashto: مساج وركول |
 Portuguese: massagear |
 Romanian: a masa |
 Russian: массировать |
 Slovak: masírovať |
 Slovenian: masirati |
 Serbian: masirati |
 Swedish: massera |
 Thai: นวด |
 Turkish: masaj yapmak |
 Taiwanese: 按摩 |
 Ukrainian: масажувати |
 Urdu: جسم کی مالش کرنا |
 Vietnamese: xoa bóp |
 Chinese: 按摩 |
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