Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - massage
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~1 n the action of pressing and rubbing someone's body with your hands, to help them relax or to reduce pain in their muscles (Massage helps ease the pain. | give/have a massage) (She gave me a relaxing massage.) ~2 v 1 to press and rub someone's body with your hands, to help them relax or to reduce pain in their muscles (Alex massaged Helena's aching back.) 2 to change official numbers or information in order to make them seem better than they are (massaging the unemployment statistics) 3 massage sb's ego to try to make someone feel that they are important, attractive, intelligent etc (secretaries who are expected to drop everything to get coffee or massage their boss's ego)
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(massages, massaging, massaged) 1. Massage is the action of squeezing and rubbing someone’s body, as a way of making them relax or reducing their pain. Alex asked me if I wanted a massage... N-VAR 2. If you massage someone or a part of their body, you squeeze and rub their body, in order to make them relax or reduce their pain. She continued massaging her right foot, which was bruised and aching. VERB: V n 3. If you say that someone massages statistics, figures, or evidence, you are criticizing them for changing or presenting the facts in a way that misleads people. Their governments have no reason to ‘massage’ the statistics. VERB: V n c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: French, from masser to ~, from Arabic massa to stroke Date: circa 1860 manipulation of tissues (as by rubbing, kneading, or tapping) with the hand or an instrument for therapeutic purposes II. transitive verb (~d; massaging) Date: 1887 1. to subject to ~ 2. a. to treat flatteringly ; blandish b. manipulate, doctor ~d the data to help his cause • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 the rubbing, kneading, etc., of muscles and joints of the body with the hands, to stimulate their action, cure strains, etc. 2 an instance of this. --v.tr. 1 apply massage to. 2 manipulate (statistics) to give an acceptable result. Phrases and idioms massage parlour 1 an establishment providing massage. 2 euphem. a brothel. Derivatives massager n. Etymology: F f. masser treat with massage, perh. f. Port. amassar knead, f. massa dough: see MASS(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. массаж massage parlour —- кабинет массажа; эвф. публичный дом 2. делать массаж, массировать 3. комп. сжимать, уплотнять (данные) 4. муссировать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1876, from Fr. massage "friction of kneading," from masser "to massage," possibly from Ar. massa "to touch, feel, handle;" if so, probably picked up in Egypt during the Napoleonic campaign there. Other possibility is that Fr. got it in colonial India from Port. amassar "knead," a verb from L. massa "mass, dough" (see mass (1)). Masseur (fem. masseuse) is from Fr. masser. Massage parlour first attested 1913, from the start a euphemism for "house of prostitution." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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