massage

The action of rubbing, kneading or hitting someone's body, to help the person relax, prepare for muscular action (as in contact sports) or to relieve aches.

Having a massage can have many beneficial effects.

During the long lapses in work common with on-location productions, Marilyn would silently meditate as Roberts provided a shoulder massage.

The action of rubbing or kneading anything.

The baker gave the dough one final massage.

To rub and knead (someone's body or a part of a body), to perform a massage on (somebody).

My neck doesn't hurt as much as it did last night since my wife massaged me after I got back from the concert.

So after massaging a nude woman while being nude or nearly nude myself, sex is a natural way to end things.

To rub or knead anything.

Massage the kale to soften it before making the salad.

To manipulate (data, a document etc.) to make it more presentable or more convenient to work with.

News relating to public disturbances was systematically massaged [...].

The Conservatives have massaged expectations down by saying they would be delighted with a majority of 1,000 […]

To falsify (data or accounts).