massage
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From French massage, from masser (“‘to mass(age)’”) + -age.
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massage (plural massages)
- 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.
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rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body
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to massage (third-person singular simple present massages, present participle massaging, simple past and past participle massaged)
- (transitive) To rub and knead (someone's body or a part of a body), to perform a massage on (somebody).
- (transitive) To manipulate (data or a document) to make it more presentable or more convenient to work with.
- 2008, Patrick Wintour & Steven Morris, The Guardian, May 22 2008, p. 3:
- The Conservatives have massaged expectations down by saying they would be delighted with a majority of 1,000 [...]
- 2008, Patrick Wintour & Steven Morris, The Guardian, May 22 2008, p. 3:
- (transitive) To falsify (data or accounts).
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to perform a massage on somebody
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to manipulate data or a document
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[edit] Dutch
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French cfr. infra
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massage (plural massages, diminutive massagetje, diminutive plural massagetjes)
- A physical massage
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[edit] French
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- IPA: /masaʒ/
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massage m. (plural massages)
- A physical massage
