v. kiss; touch a curved surface

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Verb
1. be intermediate between two taxonomic groups; "These species osculate"
(hypernym) be
2. have at least three points in common with; "one curve osculates the other"; "these two surfaces osculate"
(hypernym) share
(derivation) osculation
(classification) mathematics, math, maths
3. touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.; "The newly married couple kissed"; "She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room"
(synonym) kiss, buss
(hypernym) touch
(hyponym) smack, peck
(derivation) kiss, buss, osculation

v. osculate, kiss; touch a curved surface

(v. t.)
To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2.
  

(v. t.)
To kiss.
  

(v. i.)
To touch closely. See Osculation, 2.
  

(v. i.)
To kiss one another; to kiss.
  

(v. i.)
To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant.