kiss
noun
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- kiss derivation
Sense 2 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
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Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a cookie made of egg whites and sugar
Types & categories
- cookie hypernym
Sense 4 verb
touch lightly or gently
the blossoms were kissed by the soft rain
Types & categories
- touch hypernym
Related & opposite
- kiss derivation
Sense 5 noun
any of several bite-sized candies
Types & categories
- candy hypernym
- molasses kiss hyponym
- meringue kiss hyponym
- chocolate kiss hyponym
- Scotch kiss hyponym
Sense 6 noun
a light glancing touch
there was a brief kiss of their hands in passing
Types & categories
- touching hypernym
Related & opposite
- kiss derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | kiss |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | touching |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | smooch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | soul kiss |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | kiss |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | caressing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | snogging |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | kisser |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | touch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | peck |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cookie |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | kiss |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | touch |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | candy |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | molasses kiss |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | meringue kiss |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | chocolate kiss |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | Scotch kiss |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | kiss |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | touching |