massages

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to rub and press someone's body with regular repeated movements, in order to relax them or to reduce stiffness or pain in the joints (= places where two bones are connected) or muscles:

Would you massage my shoulders?

to try to make facts or numbers appear better than they really are in order to deceive someone:

Television companies have been massaging their viewing figures in order to attract more advertising revenue.

the activity of rubbing or pressing parts of someone's body in order to make them relax or to stop their muscles hurting:

a back/foot/head massage

a qualified massage therapist

She gave me a massage.

to rub or press someone’s body, usually with repeated hand movements, in order to reduce stiffness or pain in that person's joints or muscles:

She massaged his aching neck.