Word

osculate, v.
(osculated, osculates, osculating)

touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 18

buss kiss osculate snog

sample sentences

"The newly married couple kissed"
"She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sam cannot %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sam cannot %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sam cannot %s Sue

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

kiss kissing kisser

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

snogging

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

buss

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

osculation osculator

semantic pointers

hypernym

touch

hyponym

smack, peck

have at least three points in common with
<verb.stative>

osculate

sample sentences

"one curve osculates the other"
"these two surfaces osculate"

verb frames

Something ----s
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

osculation

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

mathematics, math, maths

hypernym

be intermediate between two taxonomic groups
<verb.stative>

osculate

sample sentences

"These species osculate"

verb frames

Something ----s

semantic pointers

hypernym