adj
Meaning 1
Relating to kissing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: osculatory
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
osculate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒskjʊlət/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒskjələt/
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General-American: /ˈɑskjələt/
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General-American: /ˈɑskjulət/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒskjʊˌleɪt/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒskjəˌleɪt/
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General-American: /ˈɑskjəˌleɪt/
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General-American: /ˈɑskjuˌleɪt/
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verb
Meaning 2
To kiss.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 3
To touch so as to have the same tangent and curvature at the point of contact.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 4
To make contact.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 5
To perform osculation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Vedic
Topics: arithmetic
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To form a connecting link between two genera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 7
touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The newly married couple kissed
- She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: snog, kiss, buss
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: touch
Narrower terms: smack, peck
verb
Meaning 8
have at least three points in common with
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- one curve osculates the other
- these two surfaces osculate
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: share
verb
Meaning 9
be intermediate between two taxonomic groups
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- These species osculate
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: be
History
Etymology
From Latin ōsculātus.
Borrowed from Latin ōsculātus, perfect active participle of ōsculor (“to kiss”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ōsculum (“a kiss”) + -or (verbal suffix), from ōs (“mouth”) + -culum (diminutive suffix). See also oscillate.