osculate

Definition of Osculate in English :

1. osculate

be intermediate between two taxonomic groups

Example Sentences:
'These species osculate'

2. osculate

have at least three points in common with

Example Sentences:
'one curve osculates the other'
'these two surfaces osculate'

3. buss, kiss, osculate, snog

touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.

Example Sentences:
'The newly married couple kissed'
'She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Osculate

verb

1. usually humorous

to kiss

2. (intransitive)

(of an organism or group of organisms) to be intermediate between two taxonomic groups

3. geometry

to touch in osculation

verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈoscuˌlated or ˈoscuˌlating

1.

to kiss

a pretentious or facetious usage

2.

to touch closely

v. os·cu·lat·ed, os·cu·lat·ing, os·cu·lates

v.tr.

1. To kiss.

2. Mathematics To have three or more points coincident with.

v.intr.

To come together; contact.