Definition

1. Verb:
   • To stimulate one's own genitals for sexual pleasure.
   • To cause (oneself or another person) to achieve orgasm by manual stimulation of the genitals.

Usage

• Verb (Intransitive): To engage in the act of self-stimulation.
  • Some people masturbate to relieve sexual tension.
• Verb (Transitive): To manually stimulate another person's genitals to orgasm.
  • The scene implied one character would masturbate the other.

Examples

• Intransitive Verb:
  • He admitted that he sometimes masturbates.
  • It is a common and healthy behavior for adults to masturbate.
• Transitive Verb:
  • In the controversial film, the character was shown trying to masturbate his partner.

Advanced Usage

• "to masturbate to something": To masturbate while thinking about or looking at a specific stimulus.
  • He confessed to masturbating to fantasies about his coworker.
  • Some people masturbate to pornography.

Variants and Related Words

• Masturbation (n): The act or practice of masturbating.
  • Open discussion about masturbation is becoming more common.
• Masturbatory (adj): Relating to or characteristic of masturbation.
  • The book was criticized for its masturbatory fantasies.

Synonyms

• Stimulate oneself (a more clinical or euphemistic phrase).
• Engage in self-pleasure (a modern, informal euphemism).

Notes on Meaning

• The primary meaning is the intransitive use: to stimulate one's own genitals.
• The transitive use, meaning to stimulate someone else manually, is less common but valid, often found in clinical or explicit contexts. It typically implies bringing someone to orgasm through manual means without reciprocal activity.

Verb

1. get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
2. stimulate sexually
   • The old man wanted to be masturbated by the prostitute