gestured
gestured is the simple past and past participle of gesture.
Meaning of gesture
Verb
gesture (third-person singular simple present gestures, present participle gesturing, simple past and past participle gestured)
- To make a gesture or gestures.
- My dad told me never to gesture with my hands when I talk.
- Synonyms:
- gesticulate
- To express (something) by a gesture or gestures.
- He gestured his disgust.
- To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action.
- It is not orderly read, nor gestured as beseemeth.[1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)
- To express or signal (to someone) by a gesture or gestures (to do something, go somewhere, etc).
- […] she sweepingly gestured him to the pillory — a chair upon the platform, facing the school. Here he suffered for the unusual term of an hour, with many jocular and cunning eyes constantly upon him; and, when he was released at noon, horrid shouts […]1915, Booth Tarkington, “Wednesday Madness”, in The Cosmopolitan, page 61
Questions about gestured
- What is gestured the simple past and past participle of?
- Gestured is the simple past and past participle of gesture.
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