Meaning of gesture | Babel Free

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1. A motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech.
   countable, uncountable
2. To make gestures.
3. An act or a remark that serves as a formality or as a sign of attitude.
   countable, uncountable
4. expression
5. To show, express, or direct by gestures: gestured her disapproval.
6. A motion made with a pointing device, or on a touchscreen, that is recognised by the system as a command.
   countable, uncountable
7. first-person singular present indicative of gestar
8. the science of manual sign language, as for use in communicating with the deaf. — dactylotogist, n. — dactylologic, dactylological, adj.
9. The manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
10. Linguistics. the study of units of gestural expression.
11. Linguistics. a systematic study of nonverbal body gestures, as smiles, hand motions, or other movements, in their relation to human communication; body language. Also called pasimology. — kinesic, adj.
12. kinesics.
13. the study of the signs that reveal human passions. — pathognomonic, adj.
14. To make bodily motions so as to convey an idea or complement speech:gesticulate, motion, sign, signal, signalize.
15. a movement of the head, hand etc to express an idea etc. The speaker emphasized his words with violent gestures. gebare حَرَكَه، إيماءه жест gesto gesto die Gebärde gestus; fagter χειρονομίαgesto žest تکان دادن دست و سر ele geste תנועת יד शारीरिक संकेत, व्यवहार gesta, kretnja gesztus gerak-gerik látbragð; handahreyfingar gesto 身ぶり 몸짓 gestas, mostas žests gerak isyarat gebaarhåndbevegelse, gestusgest اشاره كول، لاس او پښې شورول gesto gest жест gesto kretnja gest gest, åtbörd การแสดงท่าทาง el k...
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16. to make a gesture or gestures. He gestured to her to keep quiet. aandui يومئُ правя знак fazer sinal dát znamení, ukázat Gebärden machen gøre tegn χειρονομώ hacer un gesto/gestos, hacer una señal/señales žestikuleerima با ایما و اشاره بیان کردن viittoilla faire signe à לעשות תנועות शारीरिक संकेत करना, व्यवहार करना gestikulirati gesztikulál, int membuat isyarat tjá e-ð með látbragði fare segno 身ぶりをする 몸짓으로 나타내다 mostelėti, duoti ženklą žestikulēt membuat gerak isyarat: gebarenbruke håndbevegelse...

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Examples

“The middle-finger gesture is really a nonverbal swear.”

“Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, / In every gesture dignity and love.”

“Hand gestures are also essential to Belter communication, as they evolved from the days of wearing space suits with poor comms during the early settler days.”

“We took flowers as a gesture of sympathy.”

“But, with a gesture, she put a period to this dalliance—one shouldn't palter so on an empty stomach, she might almost have said.”

“This Web browser can be controlled with mouse gestures.”

“Accubation, or lying down at meals, was a gesture used by very many nations.”

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