caress
(noun) 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”
caress, fondle
(verb) touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner; “He caressed her face”; “They fondled in the back seat of the taxi”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
caress (plural caresses)
An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness. [from 1640s]
A gentle stroking or rubbing.
caress (third-person singular simple present caresses, present participle caressing, simple past and past participle caressed)
(transitive) To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.
Synonyms: hold, soothe, stroke, kiss, Thesaurus:fondle, Thesaurus:kiss
(transitive) To affect as if with a caress.
• Crases, SERCAs, carses, casers, crases, sacres, scares, seracs, sĂ©racs
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*ress", n. Etym: [F. caresse, It. carezza, LL. caritia dearness, fr. L. carus dear. See Charity.]
Definition: An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness. Wooed her with his soft caresses. Langfellow. He exerted himself to win by indulgence and caresses the hearts of all who were under his command. Macaulay.
Ca*ress", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Caressing.] Etym: [F. caresser, fr. It. carezzare, fr. carezza caress. See Caress., n.]
Definition: To treat with tokens of fondness, affection, or kindness; to touch or speak to in a loving or endearing manner; to fondle. The lady caresses the rough bloodhoun. Sir W. Scott.
Syn.
– To foundle; embrace; pet; coddle; court; flatter.
– Caress, Fondle. "We caress by words or actions; we fondle by actions only." Crabb.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
