Online dictionaryOnline dictionary
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Kissing   /kˈɪsɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Kiss  v. t.  (past & past part. kissed;pres. part. kissing)  
1.
To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc. "He... kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack, That at the parting all the church echoed."
2.
To touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly. "When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees."


Kiss  v. i.  
1.
To make or give salutation with the lips in token of love, respect, etc.; as, kiss and make friends.
2.
To meet; to come in contact; to touch fondly. "Like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume." "Rose, rose and clematis, Trail and twine and clasp and kiss."
Kissing comfit, a perfumed sugarplum to sweeten the breath. (Obs or Prov. End.)





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |
Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar




"Kissing" Quotes from Famous Books



... tell me that you are satisfied!" she said, kissing the tender cheeks, and gazing with wistful earnestness into the eyes that so frankly and bravely ...
— Name and Fame - A Novel • Adeline Sergeant
... while the sinister look on Master Leoni's countenance deepened as he half closed his eyes, at heart enjoying the scene; for the youth advanced with the frank, manly courtesy of a young Englishman, and instead of bending over and kissing, courtier-like, the extended hand, he took it and shook ...
— The King's Esquires - The Jewel of France • George Manville Fenn
... now, either. I won't have it. Didn't I tell you I wouldn't? Besides," she added, with a little leap of laughter in her voice, "why should you ask pardon for kissing the girl you were ...
— A Texas Ranger • William MacLeod Raine
... falling on your silver'd skull, My fingers in the valleys of your cheeks, Or my hands in your thin strong hands fast caught, Your body clutched to mine, mine bent to yours: Now love undying feeds on love beautiful, Now, now I am but thought kissing your thought ... —And can it be in your heart's music speaks A deeper rhythm hearing mine: can it be Indeed ...
— Georgian Poetry 1920-22 • Various
... Doro," whispered Roger, kissing her good-night, "we may go to Tanglewood Park for the Christmas tree. Nat promised we could—and then perhaps we will ...
— Dorothy Dale's Queer Holidays • Margaret Penrose


More quotes...


Copyright © 2025 Dictionary One.com