MASTURBATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does masturbate mean? 

• MASTURBATE (verb)
  The verb MASTURBATE has 2 senses:

1. stimulate sexually

2. get sexual gratification through self-stimulation

  Familiarity information: MASTURBATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MASTURBATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they masturbate    ... he / she / it masturbates   
Past simple: masturbated   
Past participle: masturbated   
-ing form: masturbating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stimulate sexually

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The old man wanted to be masturbated by the prostitute

Hypernyms (to "masturbate" is one way to...):

excite; stimulate; stir (stir feelings in)

Verb group:

fuck off; jack off; jerk off; masturbate; she-bop; wank (get sexual gratification through self-stimulation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

masturbation (manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Get sexual gratification through self-stimulation

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

fuck off; jack off; jerk off; masturbate; she-bop; wank

Hypernyms (to "masturbate" is one way to...):

excite; stimulate; stir (stir feelings in)

"Masturbate" entails doing...:

caress; fondle (touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner)

Verb group:

masturbate (stimulate sexually)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "masturbate"):

scarf (masturbate while strangling oneself)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

masturbation (manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure)

masturbator (a person who practices masturbation)