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caress

1 verb
     
ca‧ress1 [transitive]
1 especially literary to touch someone gently in a way that shows you love them [= stroke]:
His hands gently caressed her body.
2 literary to touch something gently, in a way that seems pleasant or romantic:
Waves caressed the shore.
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