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  • 101прослушивать — ПРОСЛУШИВАТЬ, несов. (сов. прослушать), что. Воспринимать (воспринять) органами слуха текст, слова, звуки в течение некоторого времени до конца [impf. to listen (to the end); to listen (for a time); to listen to (a radio message, record, etc.);… …

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  • 102kiss — [n] touching lips to another butterfly*, caress, embrace, endearment, osculation, peck, salutation, salute, smack*, smooch*; concepts 185,375 kiss [v] touch one’s lips to another’s blow, brush, butterfly*, French*, glance, graze, greet, lip*,… …

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  • 103lick — [n] light touch; little amount bit, brush, cast, dab, dash, hint, sample, smack, speck, stroke, suggestion, taste, tinge, trace, whiff; concepts 612,831 lick [v1] touch with tongue brush, calm, caress, fondle, glance, gloss, graze, lap, lap… …

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  • 104touch — [n1] physical contact blow, brush, caress, collision, communication, contact, contingence, crash, cuddling, embrace, feel, feeling, fondling, graze, grope, handling, hit, hug, impact, junction, kiss, lick, manipulation, nudge, palpation, pat,… …

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  • 105inosculate — [in äs′kyo͞o lāt΄] vt., vi. inosculated, inosculating [ IN 1 + OSCULATE] 1. a) to join together by openings at the ends: said of arteries, ducts, etc. b) to intertwine: said of vines, etc. 2. to join, blend, or unite …

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  • 106interosculate — [in΄tər äs′kyo͞o lāt΄, in΄tər äs′kyəlāt΄] vi. interosculated, interosculating [ INTER + OSCULATE] 1. to interpenetrate 2. Biol. to have some common characteristics: said of separate species or groups interosculant adj. interosculation n …

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  • 107osculant — [äs′kyo͞o lənt, äs′kyələnt] adj. [L osculans, prp. of osculari: see OSCULATE] 1. Biol. intermediate; linking; shared: said of a characteristic common to two or more groups, genera, etc. 2. Zool. gripping or adhering together …

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  • 108oscular — [äs′kyo͞o lər, äs′kyələr] adj. [L osculum (see OSCULATE) + AR] 1. of the mouth or kissing 2. Zool. of an osculum …

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  • 109osculator — noun someone who kisses • Syn: ↑kisser • Derivationally related forms: ↑osculate, ↑kiss (for: ↑kisser) • Hypernyms: ↑lover …

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  • 110adosculation — (ˌ)aˌdäskyəˈlāshən noun ( s) Etymology: Late Latin adosculatus (past participle of adosculari to kiss, from Latin ad + osculari to kiss) + English ion more at osculate : impregnation by external contact without intromission …

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