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osculate
Overview of verb osculate
The verb osculate has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. osculate -- (be intermediate between two taxonomic groups; "These species osculate")
2. osculate -- (have at least three points in common with; "one curve osculates the other"; "these two surfaces osculate")
3. kiss, buss, osculate -- (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")
Antonyms of verb osculate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb osculate
3 senses of osculate
Sense 1
osculate
=> be
Sense 2
osculate
=> share
=> overlap
=> coincide, co-occur, cooccur
=> coexist
=> exist, be
Sense 3
kiss, buss, osculate
=> touch
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb osculate
1 of 3 senses of osculate
Sense 3
kiss, buss, osculate
=> smack, peck
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb osculate
3 senses of osculate
Sense 1
osculate
=> be
Sense 2
osculate
=> share
Sense 3
kiss, buss, osculate
=> touch
'Cause To' of verb osculate
Derived Forms of verb osculate
2 of 3 senses of osculate
Sense 2
osculate
RELATED TO>(noun) osculation#1
=> osculation
Sense 3
kiss, buss, osculate
RELATED TO>(noun) osculation#2
=> kiss, buss, osculation
RELATED TO>(noun) osculator#1
=> kisser, osculator
Domain of verb osculate
1 of 3 senses of osculate
Sense 2
osculate
TOPIC>(noun) mathematics#1, math#1, maths#1
Domain Terms of verb osculate
Familiarity of verb osculate
osculate used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb osculate
3 senses of osculate
Sense 1
osculate
*> Something ----s
Sense 2
osculate
*> Something ----s
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
kiss, buss, osculate
EX: Sam cannot osculate Sue
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb osculate
3 senses of osculate
Sense 1
osculate
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> look, appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense, add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out, turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> total, number, add up, come, amount
=> count, matter, weigh
=> rate
=> deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on, continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into, encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Sense 2
osculate
> share
=> partake
=> osculate
Sense 3
kiss, buss, osculate
> touch
=> engage
=> touch
=> toe
=> pick up
=> strike, hit
=> finger, thumb
=> feel
=> palpate, feel
=> handle, palm
=> caress
=> hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
=> brush
=> skim over, skim
=> hit
=> strike
=> kiss, buss, osculate
=> kiss
=> mouth
=> press
=> tag
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb osculate
Sense 1
osculate
=> be
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Sense 2
osculate
=> share
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Sense 3
kiss, buss, osculate
=> touch
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Grep of verb osculate
inosculate
osculate
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