"osculate" meaning in English

See osculate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɒskjʊlət/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɒskjələt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɑskjələt/ [General-American], /ˈɑskjulət/ [General-American]
Etymology: From Latin ōsculātus (“kiss”), from ōs + -culus (“little mouth”). Doublet of oscillate. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|ōsculātus|t=kiss}} Latin ōsculātus (“kiss”), {{doublet|en|oscillate}} Doublet of oscillate Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} osculate (not comparable)
  1. Relating to kissing. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-osculate-en-adj-booRT2eK

Verb

IPA: /ˈɒskjʊˌleɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɒskjəˌleɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɑskjəˌleɪt/ [General-American], /ˈɑskjuˌleɪt/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-osculate.ogg Forms: osculates [present, singular, third-person], osculating [participle, present], osculated [participle, past], osculated [past]
Etymology: From Latin ōsculātus (“kiss”), from ōs + -culus (“little mouth”). Doublet of oscillate. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|ōsculātus|t=kiss}} Latin ōsculātus (“kiss”), {{doublet|en|oscillate}} Doublet of oscillate Head templates: {{en-verb}} osculate (third-person singular simple present osculates, present participle osculating, simple past and past participle osculated)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To kiss. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-osculate-en-verb-JFKVXJZx
  2. (mathematics) To touch so as to have the same tangent and curvature at the point of contact. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-osculate-en-verb-3W115jxG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 2 59 2 10 23 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  3. (intransitive) To make contact. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-osculate-en-verb-8eMzQZl7
  4. (Vedic arithmetic) To perform osculation. Tags: Vedic Categories (topical): Arithmetic
    Sense id: en-osculate-en-verb-A-kcUnVm Topics: arithmetic
  5. To form a connecting link between two genera.
    Sense id: en-osculate-en-verb-5bZ664Wd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: osculation, osculating, osculatory

Inflected forms

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