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# fondle

verb (fondles, fondled, fondling)

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

## Everyday

To fondle someone is to touch or stroke them gently and lovingly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fondle/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a parent or kind person stroking a child

### Examples

- Then she kissed and fondled her child. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fondle/#x1)
- The old woman began to fondle the Prince with the utmost delight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fondle/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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