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caress
English
Etymology
From French caresse, from Italian carezza (“dear”), from Latin c?rus (“dear”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh?-, akin to Sanskrit ??? (k?ma, “love”). Doublet of karezza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k????s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Noun
caress (plural caresses)
- An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness. [from 1640s]
- 1855, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha
- 1855, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha
- A gentle stroking or rubbing.
Translations
Verb
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; see also Thesaurus:fondle, Thesaurus:kiss
- (transitive) To affect as if with a caress.
- 2012, Mel Berry, Graceful Intentions (page 1)
- The love and anguish in his voice caressed my mind and soul.
- 2012, Mel Berry, Graceful Intentions (page 1)
Translations
Anagrams
- Crases, SERCAs, carses, casers, crases, sacres, scares, seracs, séracs
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caross
English
Noun
caross (plural carosses)
- Alternative form of kaross
Anagrams
- Oscars, ROSCAs, Rascos, across, oscars
caross From the web:
- what does crosse mean
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