massage

Plural: massages

Noun

• kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation
• 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.
• The action of rubbing or kneading anything.

Verb

Verb Forms: massaged, massaging, massages

• To rub and knead the body's muscles for relaxation or therapy.
• manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
• give a massage to
  • "She massaged his sore back"
• To rub and knead (someone's body or a part of a body), to perform a massage on (somebody).
• To rub or knead anything.
• To manipulate (data, a document etc.) to make it more presentable or more convenient to work with.
• To falsify (data or accounts).

Examples

• Having a massage can have many beneficial effects.
• He tried to MASSAGE the letters on his rack, hoping a better word would appear.
• Massage the kale to soften it before making the salad.
• My neck doesn't hurt as much as it did last night since my wife massaged me after I got back from the concert.
• The baker gave the dough one final massage.

Synonyms

knead, rub down

Related Words

masseur, masseuse

Anagrams of massage