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Meaning of 'osculate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Osculate [ v. i.]
- To kiss one another; to kiss.
- To touch closely. See Osculation, 2.
- To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant.
2 . Osculate [ v. t.]
- To kiss.
- To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2.

Meaning of 'osculate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . osculate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- have at least three points in common with
Example in sentence:
  • one curve osculates the other;
  • these two surfaces osculate
Meaning (2):
- touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
Example in sentence:
  • She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room;
  • The newly married couple kissed
Meaning (3):
- be intermediate between two taxonomic groups
Example in sentence:
  • These species osculate

Nearby Words:

oscan oscillancy oscillaria oscillate oscillated oscillating oscillation oscillative oscillatoria oscillatory

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