0 present participle of caress
1 to touch or kiss someone in a gentle and loving way:
Gently he caressed her cheek.
Its high pianistic textures and modal harmonic fabric clash with the surprisingly conventional phrasing and variation processes, while the yearning, caressing strings were almost nostalgic.
The still centre of the piece was 'snowfall on ashes', as caressing, feathery string tremolo harmonics traced a patina of frost on which the soloist skated nervously.
He described the cartel arrangements of the past with continental producers, in almost caressing terms.
I can envisage men walking along the street arm in arm, possibly holding hands, and at dances perhaps wishing to dance together and even caressing in public places.
The reliefs at either side show human figures caressing each other, that is, in attitudes of harmony.
She is caressing a dog with her left hand while she hushes with the fingers of her right hand.
Adults and most of the other young will gather around the newborn, touching and caressing it with their trunks.
The street also has a bronze relief of a hand caressing a female breast.
