kiss
/kɪs/ verb B1- To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.
- To (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact. · The nearside of the car just kissed a parked truck as he took the corner at high speed.· His ball kissed the black into the corner pocket.
- Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.
He/she/it kisses · Past kissed · Past participle kissed · -ing form kissing
Verb forms
- Base form
- kiss
- He/she/it
- kisses
- Past
- kissed
- Past participle
- kissed
- -ing form
- kissing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
And kissing hands, in chorus sing:
“I don’t like the look of it at all,” said the King: “however, it may kiss my hand if it likes.”
“Oh, I’ve had such a curious dream!” said Alice, and she told her sister, as well as she could remember them, all these strange Adventures of hers that you have just been reading about; and when she had finished, her sister kissed her, and said, “It _was_ a curious dream, dear, certainly: but now run in to your tea; it’s getting late.” So Alice got up and ran off, thinking while she ran, as well she might, what a wonderful dream it had been.
Joe was enthusiastic about some morning-effect sketches he was doing in Central Park, and Delia packed him off breakfasted, coddled, praised and kissed at 7 o’clock.
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