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kissed

verb US /kɪst/

past form of “kiss” — touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.

An inflected form of kiss · past form.

How often you will meet it

Rank 1,171 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 15,729 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.

What it means

verb

  1. touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc. also: snog, buss, osculate The newly married couple kissedShe kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room
  2. touch lightly or gently the blossoms were kissed by the soft rain

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

kissed in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • And I bent down and kissed her.

    The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1

  • Vrouw Vedder kissed Kit and Kat good-bye.

    The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1

  • So saying, he kissed her, repeated his warning once more, and went away.

    The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1

  • Said Sophie his wife, and kissed him: “Isn't it something to you that we're going together?”

    Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1

  • Emily could have kissed Lady Maria if they had been on the terms which lead people to make demonstrations of affection.

    Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1

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