n. | 1. | A rubbing or kneading of the body, especially when performed as a hygienic or remedial measure. |
v. t. | 1. | (Med.) To treat by means of massage; to rub or knead; |
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Verb | 1. | massage - manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; "She rubbed down her child with a sponge" |
2. | massage - give a massage to; "She massaged his sore back" |
massage - Vague term used to describe "smooth" transformations of a data set into a different form, especially 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. |