What does Massage mean?
Definitions for Massage
məˈsɑʒ, -ˈsɑdʒ; esp. Brit. ˈmæs ɑʒmas·sage
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Princeton's WordNet
massageverb
kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation
massage, rub down, kneadverb
manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
"She rubbed down her child with a sponge"
massageverb
give a massage to
"She massaged his sore back"
Wiktionary
massagenoun
The action of rubbing, kneading or hitting someone's body, to help the person relax, prepare for muscular action (as in contact sports) or to relieve aches.
Having a massage can have many beneficial effects.
massageverb
To rub and knead (someone's body or a part of a body), to perform a massage on (somebody).
massageverb
To manipulate (data, a document etc.) to make it more presentable or more convenient to work with.
massageverb
To falsify (data or accounts).
Etymology: From massage, from masser + -age.
Wikipedia
Massage
Massage is the manipulation of the body's soft tissues. Massage techniques are commonly applied with hands, fingers, elbows, knees, forearms, feet or a device. The purpose of massage is generally for the treatment of body stress or pain. In European countries, a person professionally trained to give massages is traditionally known as a masseur (male) or masseuse (female). In the United States, these individuals are often referred to as massage therapists, because they must be certified and licensed as "licensed massage therapists". In professional settings, clients are treated while lying on a massage table, sitting in a massage chair or lying on a mat on the floor. There are many different modalities in the massage industry, including (but not limited to): deep tissue, manual lymphatic drainage, medical, sports, structural integration, Swedish, Thai and trigger point.
ChatGPT
massage
Massage is a therapeutic technique that involves the manipulation of soft tissues in the body such as muscles, tendons, and ligaments to enhance a person's health and well-being. This involves applying varying degrees of pressure and movement, typically executed with hands, fingers, elbows, knees, forearms, or feet. Massage can alleviate pain, reduce stress, promote relaxation, improve circulation and flexibility, and aid in the general wellness of an individual. It exists in various forms each with specific techniques, including Swedish, deep tissue, sports, and Shiatsu.
Webster Dictionary
Massagenoun
a rubbing or kneading of the body, especially when performed as a hygienic or remedial measure
Etymology: [F.]
Wikidata
Massage
Massage is the manipulation of superficial and deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue using various techniques, to enhance function, aid in the healing process, decrease muscle reflex activity, inhibit motor-neuron excitability, promote relaxation and well-being, and as a recreational activity. The word comes from the French massage "friction of kneading", or from Arabic massa meaning "to touch, feel or handle" or from Latin massa meaning "mass, dough", cf. Greek verb μάσσω "to handle, touch, to work with the hands, to knead dough". In distinction the ancient Greek word for massage was anatripsis, and the Latin was frictio. Massage involves working and acting on the body with pressure – structured, unstructured, stationary, or moving – tension, motion, or vibration, done manually or with mechanical aids. Target tissues may include muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia, skin, joints, or other connective tissue, as well as lymphatic vessels, or organs of the gastrointestinal system. Massage can be applied with the hands, fingers, elbows, knees, forearm, or feet. In professional settings massage involves the client being treated while lying on a massage table, sitting in a massage chair, or lying on a mat on the floor, while in amateur settings a general purpose surface like a bed or floor is more common. The massage subject may be fully or partially clothed or unclothed.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Massage
ma-säzh′, n. in medicine, a system of treatment in which the manipulation and exercise of parts (passive movement) are employed for the relief of morbid conditions—by stroking, pressing, tapping, kneading, friction with kneading, &c.—v.t. to subject to massage.—ns. Massa′gist, Masseur′:—fem. Masseuse′. [Fr., from Gr. massein, to knead.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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.
The New Hacker's Dictionary
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.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
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.
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
MASSAGE
A touch, with intent to rub it in.
Etymology and Origins
Massage
A Frenchised Hindoo word for rubbing. A male and female practitioner of this new curative mode of friction treatment are respectively styled a masseur and masseuse.
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The numerical value of Massage in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
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The numerical value of Massage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of Massage in a Sentence
It is ...called a fiery massage, i communicate with the human body, coming into close contact with the body of the human in front of me.
What we have here is much more invisible, discreet, something that you can wear just like a normal hoodie or jacket, and yet you can get that massage without people noticing.
I've done everything to recover. Hopped in the ice bath, had a massage. I'm ready to go... the body is feeling good, it's (the Sydney title) given me a lot of confidence. To be able to do it at my home in front of my friends and family, it's always that much more special.
He crawled on top of me and he put his hand on my, inside of my thigh, and the other hand he wrapped around me, and he was holding me there, he told me that he needed somebody to be with him, to massage him, to brush his hair, to spend time with him, that he was lonely. And he said, 'And I need someone to, to have sex with me.'.
The province is simultaneously opening up the economy – you can go to a barber, get a massage or sit in a restaurant - but you can't take an environmental reading at a wellsite?
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- تمسيد, تدليك, مساجArabic
- masajAzerbaijani
- масажBelarusian
- massatgeCatalan, Valencian
- masážCzech
- massageDanish
- Massage, massieren, schönenGerman
- μάλλαξηGreek
- masaĝoEsperanto
- masaje, masajearSpanish
- masseerimine, massaaž, masseerimaEstonian
- ماساژPersian
- hieronta, hieroaFinnish
- vøddamýkingFaroese
- massage, masserFrench
- suathaireachtIrish
- masaxeGalician
- עיסויHebrew
- मालिHindi
- kozmetikáz, masszírozHungarian
- մերսումArmenian
- pijat, urutIndonesian
- nuddIcelandic
- massaggioItalian
- עיסויHebrew
- マッサージJapanese
- მასაჟიGeorgian
- ការគក់ច្របាច់Khmer
- ಮಸಾಜ್Kannada
- 마사지Korean
- masaj, mistdan, perixandin, gemirandinKurdish
- SuspendisseLatin
- ນວດLao
- masažasLithuanian
- masāžaLatvian
- mirimiriMāori
- масира, трлање, трла, масажаMacedonian
- urutMalay
- massage, vervalsen, masseren, manipulerenDutch
- massasjeNorwegian
- masować, masażPolish
- massagear, massagemPortuguese
- masare, masaj, manipula, masa, a face masajRomanian
- массаж, делать массаж, массироватьRussian
- masážSlovak
- massera, massageSwedish
- மசாஜ்Tamil
- మసాజ్Telugu
- นวดThai
- masaj yapmak, masajTurkish
- масажUkrainian
- مساجUrdu
- Mát xaVietnamese
- masetönVolapük
- 按摩Chinese
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