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caresses
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch with tongue |
| Synonyms: | brush, calm, caress, fondle, glance, gloss, graze, lap, lap against, move over, osculate, pass over, play, quiet, ripple, rub, soothe, stroke, sweep, taste, tongue, touch, wash |
| Main Entry: | massage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | knead body parts |
| Synonyms: | caress, manipulate, pat, press, push, rolf, rub, rub down, stimulate, stroke |
| Main Entry: | mollycoddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pamper |
| Synonyms: | baby, caress, cater to, coddle, cosset, dandle, fondle, indulge, overindulge, overprotect, pet, spoil, wait on |
| Main Entry: | nuzzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cuddle |
| Synonyms: | bundle, burrow, caress, fondle, nestle, nudge, pet, snug, snuggle |
| Main Entry: | pamper |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | serve one's every need, whim |
| Synonyms: | baby, caress, cater to, coddle, cosset, dandle, fondle, gratify, humor, indulge, mollycoddle, overindulge, pet, please, regale, satisfy, spare the rod, spoil, spoil rotten, tickle, yield |
| Antonyms: | be mean, hurt, ignore, neglect, withhold |
| Main Entry: | pat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tap, touch |
| Synonyms: | beat, caress, dab, fondle, form, hit, massage, mold, pet, punch, rub, slap, stroke, tip, whittle |
| Antonyms: | hit |
| Main Entry: | pet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stroke, kiss |
| Synonyms: | baby, caress, coddle, cosset, cuddle, dandle, embrace, fondle, grab, hug, love, make love, neck, pamper, pat, smooch, spoil, spoon, touch |
| Main Entry: | rub |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stroke, massage |
| Synonyms: | abrasion, attrition, brushing, caress, friction, grinding, kneading, pat, polish, rasping, scouring, scraping, shine, smear, smoothing, stroking, swab, swipe, wear, wipe |
| Main Entry: | rub |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stroke, massage |
| Synonyms: | abrade, anoint, apply, bark, brush, buff, burnish, caress, chafe, clean, coat, cover, curry, daub, erase, erode, excoriate, file, fray, fret, furbish, glance, glaze, gloss, grate, graze, grind, knead, mop, paint, pat, plaster, polish, put, rasp, scour, scrape, scrub, shine, slather, smear, smooth, spread, swab, triturate, wear, wear down, wipe |
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