[muh-sahzh, -sahj or, especially Brit., mas-ahzh] 
noun, verb, -saged, -sag⋅ing.| 1. | the act or art of treating the body by rubbing, kneading, patting, or the like, to stimulate circulation, increase suppleness, relieve tension, etc. |
| 2. | Slang. attentive or indulgent treatment; pampering: ego massage. |
| 3. | to treat by massage. |
| 4. | Slang. to treat with special care and attention; coddle or pamper: The store massages its regular customers with gifts and private sales. |
| 5. | Informal.
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| mas·sage (mə-säzh', -säj') n.
[French, from masser, to massage, from Arabic masaḥa, to stroke, anoint; see mšḥ in Semitic roots or massa, to touch; see mšš in Semitic roots.] mas·sag'er n. |
massage mas·sage (mə-säzh' -säj')
n.
The rubbing or kneading of parts of the body for therapeutic purposes. v. mas·saged, mas·sag·ing, mas·sag·es
To give a massage to.
To treat by means of a massage.
massage
Vague term used to describe "smooth" transformations of a data set into a different form, especially transformations that do not lose information. Connotes less pain than munch or crunch. "He wrote a program that massages X bitmap files into GIF format." Compare slurp.
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