Massage : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Massage	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Massage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
massage n kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation v manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; "She rubbed down her child with a sponge" Synonym(s): massage, rub down, knead give a massage to; "She massaged his sore back"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Massage \Mas"sage\, v. t. (Med.) To treat by means of massage; to rub or knead; as, to massage a patient with ointment.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Massage \Mas"sage\, n. [F.] A rubbing or kneading of the body, especially when performed as a hygienic or remedial measure.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [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 (15Feb98) [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}]