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Definition of masturbate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

masturbate

verb
 
/ˈmæstəbeɪt/
 
/ˈmæstərbeɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they masturbate
 
/ˈmæstəbeɪt/
 
/ˈmæstərbeɪt/
he / she / it masturbates
 
/ˈmæstəbeɪts/
 
/ˈmæstərbeɪts/
past simple masturbated
 
/ˈmæstəbeɪtɪd/
 
/ˈmæstərbeɪtɪd/
past participle masturbated
 
/ˈmæstəbeɪtɪd/
 
/ˈmæstərbeɪtɪd/
-ing form masturbating
 
/ˈmæstəbeɪtɪŋ/
 
/ˈmæstərbeɪtɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] masturbate (yourself) to give yourself sexual pleasure by rubbing your sexual organs
  2. [transitive] masturbate somebody to give somebody sexual pleasure by rubbing their sexual organs
  3. Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Latin masturbat- ‘masturbated’, from the verb masturbari, of unknown origin.
See masturbate in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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