osculate

/ˈɑskjəˌleɪt/
verb
  1. To kiss.
    • She leaned in to osculate her grandmother goodbye.
    • The lovers osculated under the moonlight.
    • In some cultures, people osculate on the cheek as a greeting.
  2. To come into close contact or touch; to have a common point or boundary.
    • The two circles osculate at a single point.
    • The borders of the two properties osculate along the stream.
    • In geometry, a curve may osculate another curve at a point of tangency.
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