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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)

  1. (intransitive) To make a gesture or gestures.
    • My dad told me never to gesture with my hands when I talk.
    Synonyms:
    gesticulate
  2. (transitive) To express (something) by a gesture or gestures.
    • He gestured his disgust.
  3. (transitive) 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)
  4. (transitive) 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

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Questions about gestured

What is gestured the simple past and past participle of?
Gestured is the simple past and past participle of gesture.

Words near gestured in the dictionary

  1. gesturalness
  2. gesturation
  3. gesturations
  4. gesture
  5. gesture politics
  6. gestured
  7. gestureless
  8. gesturelessness
  9. gesturelike
  10. gesturement
  11. gesturements

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