Massage

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Massage \Mas"sage\, n. [F.]
     A rubbing or kneading of the body, especially when performed
     as a hygienic or remedial measure.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Massage \Mas"sage\, v. t. (Med.)
     To treat by means of massage; to rub or knead; as, to massage
     a patient with ointment.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  massage
       n : kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase
           circulation and promote relaxation
       v 1: manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal
            or relaxation purposes; "She rubbed down her child with
            a sponge" [syn: {rub down}, {knead}]
       2: give a massage to; "She massaged his sore back"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "massage":
     bandage, bathe, care for, caress, cure, cushion, diagnose, doctor,
     ease, facial, facial massage, feel up, fiddle, finagle, fluff,
     flux, fondle, frictionize, gentle, give care to, handle, heal,
     knead, kneading, laxate, limber, limber up, loosen, manipulate,
     manipulation, mash, massaging, massotherapy, mellow, milden,
     minister to, mollify, nose, nurse, nuzzle, operate on, palpate,
     pet, physic, plaster, plump, poultice, pulp, purge, relax, remedy,
     rub, rub against, rub down, rub noses, rubdown, shake up, smash,
     soften, soften up, splint, squash, strap, stroke, stroking, subdue,
     supple, tenderize, tone down, treat, tune down, vibrator,
     whirlpool bath
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  massage vt. [common] Vague term used to describe `smooth'
     transformations of a data set into a different form, esp.
     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}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]