MASSAGE


Meaning of MASSAGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mæsɑ:ʒ, AM məsɑ:ʒ ]

( 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 [ disapproval ]

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