massage

noun

1. 1

   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.

   During the long lapses in work common with on-location productions, Marilyn would silently meditate as Roberts provided a shoulder massage.

2. 2

   The action of rubbing or kneading anything.

   The baker gave the dough one final massage.

verb

1. 1

   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.

   So after massaging a nude woman while being nude or nearly nude myself, sex is a natural way to end things.

2. 2

   To rub or knead anything.

   Massage the kale to soften it before making the salad.

3. 3

   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 [...].

   The Conservatives have massaged expectations down by saying they would be delighted with a majority of 1,000 […]

4. 4

   To falsify (data or accounts).

Forms

plural

massages

past tense

massaged

past participle

massaged

present participle

massaging

third person singular

massages