Osculate

What do we mean by osculate?

To kiss. intransitive verb

To have three or more points coincident with. intransitive verb

To come together; contact. intransitive verb

To salute with a kiss; kiss.

In geometry, to have a higher contact with; touch as closely as possible.

To kiss one another; kiss.

In geometry, to have, as two loci, three or more coincident and successive points in common. See I., 2.

In natural history, to share the characters of another group.

To kiss one another; to kiss. intransitive verb

To touch closely. See Osculation, 2. intransitive verb

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

To kiss. transitive verb

To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2. transitive verb

To kiss someone or something. verb

To touch so as to have a common tangent at the point of contact. verb

To make contact. verb

To perform osculation. verb

Have at least three points in common with verb

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

Be intermediate between two taxonomic groups verb

To kiss someone or something.

To touch so as to have a common tangent at the point of contact.

To make contact.

To perform osculation.

To form a connecting link between two genera.

Words that are spelled similarly to osculate:
osculate, oculate, postulate, escalate, oscillate, peculate, maculate, osculates, osculant, occupate, deosculate, oscula, ustulate, ovulate, masculate, jaculate, oscule, loculate, oscular, rosulate, inosculate, exosculate, scutate, oscitate, osculator, fossulate, osculated, inculate, ossiculate, occulte, niculate.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word osculate:
kiss, meaning.

Words that sound like osculate:
osculate, oculate, osculant, oculist, osculator, masculate, vacuolate, osculum, aciculate, oculo, immaculate, escalate, emaculate, emasculate, maculate, osceola, eschalot, inosculate, escuela, esculent, osculating, aculeate, oculto, auscult.