massage

n : kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase

circulation and promote relaxation

v 1: usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes [syn: {rub down},

{knead}]

2: give a massage to; "She massaged his sore back"

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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