gesture
English
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin gestura (“a mode of action”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin gerere (“to bear, reflexive bear oneself, behave, act”), past participle gestus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒest͡ʃə/, /ˈdʒɛs.tʃə(ɹ)/
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Noun
gesture (plural gestures)
- A motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech.
- The middle-finger gesture is really a nonverbal swear.
- This Web browser can be controlled with mouse gestures.
- (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, / In every gesture dignity and love.
- An act or a remark made as a formality or as a sign of attitude.
- We took flowers as a gesture of sympathy.
- 1922, Michael Arlen, “2/4/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days[1]:
- 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.
- (obsolete) The manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.
- (Can we date this quote by Sir Thomas Browne and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Accubation, or lying down at meals, was a gesture used by many nations.
- (Can we date this quote by Sir Thomas Browne and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Related terms
Translations
motion of the limbs or body
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act or remark
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Verb
gesture (third-person singular simple present gestures, present participle gesturing, simple past and past participle gestured)
- (intransitive) To make a gesture or gestures.
- My dad said to never gesture with my hands when I talk.
- Never gesture at someone with a middle finger.
- (transitive) To express something by a gesture or gestures.
- He gestured his disgust.
- (transitive) To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action.
- (Can we date this quote by Hooker and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- It is not orderly read, nor gestured as beseemeth.
- (Can we date this quote by Hooker and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Synonyms
- ((intransitive) make a gesture): gesticulate
Hyponyms
- ((intransitive) make a gesture): beckon
Translations
(intransitive) to make a gesture
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(transitive) to express something by a gesture
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See also
Further reading
- “gesture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “gesture”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Alemannic German
Adjective
gesture
- Alternative form of gesturm
Latin
Participle
(deprecated template usage) gestūre
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