Sekirov Dictionary

massage

UK /ˈmæsɑː(d)ʒ/US /məˈsɑ(d)ʒ/

noun 2
verb 4
forms 3

noun2

•
treatment in which someone's body is pressed firmly by hand, over and over, to relax it or take away pain
- Having a massage can have many beneficial effects.
•
The action of rubbing or kneading anything.
- The baker gave the dough one final massage.

verb4

•
To rub and knead (someone's body or body part), to perform a massage on (somebody).
- My neck doesn't hurt as much as it did last night since my wife massaged me after I got back from the concert.
•
To rub or knead anything.
- Massage the kale to soften it before making the salad.
To falsify (data or accounts).
•
To manipulate (data, a document etc.) to make it more presentable or more convenient to work with.
- News relating to public disturbances was systematically massaged [...]. — 2002

forms

massaged · massaging · massages

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