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massage

noun
/ˈmæsɑː(d)ʒ/UK/məˈsɑ(d)ʒ/US

Etymology

From French massage (noun), from masser (“to massage”) (borrowed around the end of the 18th century from Arabic مَسَّ (massa, “feel, touch”), or from Portuguese amassar) + -age. Cognate to German massieren.

  1. borrowed from amassar
  2. derived from مَسَّ
  3. borrowed from massage

Definitions

  1. The action of rubbing, kneading or hitting someone's body, to help the person relax,…

    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. The action of rubbing or kneading anything.

    • The baker gave the dough one final massage.

  3. 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.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. To rub or knead anything.

      • Massage the kale to soften it before making the salad.

    2. To manipulate (data, a document etc.) to make it more presentable or more convenient to…

      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 […]

    3. To falsify (data or accounts).

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Derived

African massage, automassage, baby massage, blind massage, body-to-body massage, electromassage, heart massage, hydromassage, infant massage, lingam massage, massageable, massage chair, massage gun, massagelike, massage parlour, massage parlor, massager, massage table, massage therapist, massage therapy, massagist, massotherapy, nonmassage, otomassage, pneumomassage, prostate massage, self-massage, sexy massage, stone massage, Swedish massage, vibromassage, yoni massage, remassage, massage someone's ego, massagingly, nonmassaged, unmassaged

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at massage. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at massage. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at massage

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA