caress
verb/kəˈres/
/kəˈres/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they caress | /kəˈres/ /kəˈres/ |
| he / she / it caresses | /kəˈresɪz/ /kəˈresɪz/ |
| past simple caressed | /kəˈrest/ /kəˈrest/ |
| past participle caressed | /kəˈrest/ /kəˈrest/ |
| -ing form caressing | /kəˈresɪŋ/ /kəˈresɪŋ/ |
- caress somebody/something to touch somebody/something gently, especially in a sexual way or in a way that shows love
- His fingers gently caressed her cheek.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- gently
- lightly
- softly
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French caresser (verb), caresse (noun), from Italian carezza, based on Latin carus ‘dear’.Definitions on the go
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