Usually means: Gentle, affectionate touching or stroking.
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  1. caressing: Merriam-Webster
  2. caressing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. caressing: Vocabulary.com
  4. Caressing, caressing: Wordnik
  5. caressing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. caressing: Wiktionary
  7. Caressing, caressing: Dictionary.com
  8. caressing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Caressing (horse), Caressing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Caressing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. caressing: Rhymezone
  12. Caressing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. caressing: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. caressing: FreeDictionary.org
  15. caressing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. caressing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. caressing: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (caressing)

▸ noun:  A caress.

Similar:
snuggling, petting, cuddling, hugging, kissing, fondling, loving, necking, smooching, feel, more...

Types:
kissing, stroking, petting, massaging, more...

Phrases:
caressing an animal, caressing her, caressing someone, more...

Adjectives:
more, gentle, mutual, soft, genital, little, physical, fond, half, simple, intimate

Colors:
    soft pink,     lavender,     baby blue,     blush,     mint green, more...



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Similar:
snuggling, petting, cuddling, hugging, kissing, fondling, loving, necking, smooching, feel, more...

Types:
kissing, stroking, petting, massaging, more...

Phrases:
caressing an animal, caressing her, caressing someone, more...

Adjectives:
more, gentle, mutual, soft, genital, little, physical, fond, half, simple, intimate

Colors:
    soft pink,     lavender,     baby blue,     blush,     mint green, more...



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