| Main Entry: | kiss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | touching lips to another |
Synonyms: |
butterfly, caress, embrace, endearment, osculation, peck, salutation, salute, smack*, smooch |
| Main Entry: | kiss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch one's lips to another's |
Synonyms: |
French, blow, brush, butterfly, glance, graze, greet, lip, make out, mush, neck, osculate, peck, pucker up, salute, smack*, smooch |
| Main Entry: | brush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch lightly |
Synonyms: |
caress, contact, flick, glance, graze, kiss, scrape, shave, skim, smooth, stroke, sweep, tickle |
| Main Entry: | caress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loving touch |
Synonyms: |
cuddle, embrace, endearment, feel, fondling, hug, kiss, pat, pet, petting, snuggle, squeeze, stroke |
| Main Entry: | caress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch lovingly |
Synonyms: |
bear hug, brush, buss, clinch, clutch, coddle, cosset, cuddle, dandle, embrace, feel, fondle, graze, handle, hug, kiss, make love, massage, mug, neck, nestle, nuzzle, pat, pet, play around, rub, squeeze, stroke, toy |
| Main Entry: | cuddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold fondly, closely |
Synonyms: |
bundle, burrow, caress, clasp, cosset, curl up, dandle, embrace, enfold, feel up, fondle, huddle, hug, kiss, love, nestle, nuzzle, pet, snug, snuggle, touch |
Antonyms: |
push away |
| Main Entry: | dispose of |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw away |
Synonyms: |
adios, bestow, chuck, deep six, destroy, discard, dump, eighty-six, eliminate, file in circular file, get rid of, give, jettison, junk*, kiss off, kiss*, make over, part with, relinquish, scrap, sell, transfer, unload |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep, retain |
| Main Entry: | glance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ricochet, hit off of something |
Synonyms: |
bounce, brush, careen, carom, contact, dart, graze, kiss*, rebound, scrape, shave, sideswipe, skim, skip, slant, slide, strike, touch |
| Notes: | a glance captures more than a glimpse; the verb glance takes no object while glimpse does |
| Main Entry: | graze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch |
Synonyms: |
abrade, brush, carom, chafe, glance off, kiss*, ricochet, rub, scrape, scratch, shave, skim, skip |
Antonyms: |
manhandle |
| Main Entry: | love |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have sexual relations |
Synonyms: |
caress, clasp, cling, cosset, court, cuddle, draw close, embrace, feel, fondle, hold, hug, kiss, lick, look tenderly, make love, neck, pet*, press, shine, soothe, stroke, take into one's arms, tryst, woo |
Antonyms: |
abstain |