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How to pronounce caress in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms fondle
Type of stroke
Has types grope, nose, nuzzle, pat, paw, pet, tickle, chuck, dandle


He caressed her face.
Type Words
Type of stroking, stroke


he showered her with caresses.
soft music was a fond caress.
the caresses of the breeze played over his face.

Examples of caress

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It feels like a caress and when you take a sip is so good that you stop talking.
From the guardian.co.uk
The wet fish doesn't so much shake your hand as allow you to caress his fingers.
From the smh.com.au
They want to bend down and pet and caress the animal but you're not allowed to.
From the usatoday.com
Bharadwaj's food doesn't so much assault the senses as caress and comfort them.
From the independent.co.uk
Her liquid, throaty voice rises stylishly from a caress to pure, ringing brass.
From the time.com
In the telling, Greg slid into present tense, pantomiming his mother's caress.
From the nytimes.com
Then, just when I thought it was over, we were asked to caress their face as well.
From the guardian.co.uk
His daughter comes to him, and he lets her caress his face while wife watches.
From the time.com
Girl pretends to break up with boy, while yearning for his caress, yada yada.
From the brimbankweekly.com.au
More examples
  • A gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it); "he showered her with caresses"; "soft music was a fond caress"; "the caresses of the breeze played over his face"
  • Touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner; "He caressed her face"; "They fondled in the back seat of the taxi"
  • (caressing) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
  • Petting is the affectionate act of stroking, brushing or caressing an animal's fur, scratching its ears, rubbing its belly, etc., for mutual enjoyment. ...
  • Fernand Edmond Jean Marie Khnopff (September 12, 1858 in Grembergen near Dendermonde, Belgium - November 12, 1921 in Brussels, Belgium) was a Belgian symbolist painter.
  • Caresses is a 1998 film by Ventura Pons, originally titled Caru00EDcies in Catalan.
  • To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle; To show and act on deep closeness shared with another person