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# caress

«caress» in Mova's school dictionary: **to touch or stroke them gently and lovingly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

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

2) (noun) A caress is a gentle, loving touch. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caress/#m4)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «caress» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caress/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.