caress
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verb with object
touch or stroke gently or lovingly:
〈人など〉を愛撫(あいぶ)する, 優しくなでる; 抱擁する.
e.g. she caressed the girl's forehead
⦅詩⦆ 〈波・風などが〉…にそっと触れる; 〈音楽などが〉…に心地よく響く.
e.g. figurative : a gentle breeze caressed his skin
e.g. (as adjective caressing) : his caressing touch.
noun
a gentle or loving touch.
愛撫, キス; 抱擁; 軽く触れること
DERIVATIVES
caressingly adverb
ORIGIN
mid 17th century: from French caresser (verb), caresse (noun), from Italian carezza, based on Latin carus ‘dear’.