Associations to the word «Osculate»

OSCULATE, verb. (transitive) To kiss someone or something.

OSCULATE, verb. (mathematics) To touch so as to have a common tangent at the point of contact.

OSCULATE, verb. (intransitive) To make contact.

OSCULATE, verb. (Vedic arithmetic) To perform osculation.

OSCULATE, verb. Be intermediate between two taxonomic groups; "These species osculate".

OSCULATE, verb. Have at least three points in common with; "one curve osculates the other"; "these two surfaces osculate".

OSCULATE, verb. 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".