noun, verb
noun [U,C] the action of rubbing and pressing a person's body with the hands to reduce pain in the muscles and joints:
Massage will help the pain. * a back massage * to give sb a massage * massage oils * Once a week I have a sauna and a massage.
verb [VN]
1 to rub and press a person's body with the hands to reduce pain in the muscles and joints:
He massaged the aching muscles in her feet. * (figurative) to massage sb's ego (= to make sb feel better, more confident, attractive, etc.)
2 to rub a substance into the skin, hair, etc:
Massage the cream into your skin.
3 (disapproving) to change facts, figures, etc. in order to make them seem better than they really are:
The government was accused of massaging the unemployment figures.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for massage is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does massage appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — massage appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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