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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | narrow connector |
| Synonyms: | cape, cervix, collar, isthmus, nape, scruff, strait |
| Main Entry: | cape |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promontory into water |
| Synonyms: | arm, beak, bill, chersonese, finger, foreland, head, headland, jetty, jutty, mole, naze, neck, ness, peninsula, point, tongue |
| 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: | fondle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch lovingly |
| Synonyms: | bear hug, caress, clutch, cosset, cuddle, dandle, embrace, feel, fool around, grab, grope, hug, love, make love to, neck, nestle, nuzzle, pat, paw, pet, play footsie, snuggle, squeeze, stroke |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stroke, kiss |
| Synonyms: | baby, caress, coddle, cosset, cuddle, dandle, embrace, fondle, grab, hug, love, make love, neck, pamper, pat, smooch, spoil, spoon, touch |
| Main Entry: | smooch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kiss |
| Synonyms: | French, butterfly, greet, lip, make out, mush, neck, park*, peck, pucker up, smack |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | peninsula |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | projecting mass of land |
| Synonyms: | cape, chersonese, headland, neck, point |
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