massage
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.
Noun 2 meanings
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.”
The action of rubbing or kneading anything.
“The baker gave the dough one final massage.”
Verb 4 meanings
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 manipulate (data, a document etc.) to make it more presentable or more convenient to work with.
To falsify (data or accounts).
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.
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MASSAGE at a glance
MASSAGE has 7 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (M 3 + A 1 + S 1 + S 1 + A 1 + G 2 + E 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,919 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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