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# caress

verb (caress, caresses, caressed, caressing); noun (a caress, caresses)

«caress» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To caress someone or something is to touch or stroke them gently and lovingly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caress/#m1)
2. (noun) A caress is a gentle, loving touch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caress/#m2)
3. (literary) Wind or water caresses something when it touches it softly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caress/#m3)
4. A caressing word or name is one that sounds loving and affectionate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caress/#m4)

### In the lessons

In stories, a mother caresses her baby's head, a child caresses a pet. Poets say the breeze caresses the face. It shows tenderness. In The Wind in the Willows the river seems to caress the boat and the bank.

### Examples

- She caressed the kitten's soft fur. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caress/#x1)
- The mother caressed her baby's cheek. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caress/#x2)
- A gentle breeze caressed our faces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caress/#x3)
- The water caressed the side of the boat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caress/#x4)
- He gave the horse a caress on the nose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caress/#x5)
- The waves caressed the sand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caress/#x6)
- \[207\] Ivashko and Ivashechko, are caressing diminutives of Ivan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caress/#x7)

### Note

Double s: caresses, caressed. Stress on the second part: ka-RESS. Gentle and loving; touches should always be welcome.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «caress» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caress/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«caress» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/caress.html) on Mova free.