nnoun.actaffectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)Synset:caressing cuddling fondling hugging necking petting smooching snuggling
Derivationally Related Form:snugglekissneckpetcuddlesmoochhugfondle
Hypernyms:arousal foreplay stimulation
Inherited Hypernyms:caressingforeplaysexual activitybodily processorganic processprocessphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:snogging
vverb.contacttouch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.Synset:buss kiss osculate snog
Examples:- The newly married couple kissed
- She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room
Derivationally Related Form:kissosculatorosculationkisserkissingsnoggingbuss
Hypernyms:touch
Inherited Hypernyms:snogtouch
Direct Hyponyms:pecksmack
Full Troponyms:smack
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s somebody PP | Somebody ---s something PP | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: buss, kiss, osculate)
vverb.contacttouch lightly or gentlyExamples:- the blossoms were kissed by the soft rain
Derivationally Related Form:kiss
Hypernyms:touch
Inherited Hypernyms:kisstouch
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s