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semaphored

semaphored is the simple past and past participle of semaphore.

Meaning of semaphore

Verb

semaphore (third-person singular simple present semaphores, present participle semaphoring, simple past and past participle semaphored)

  1. (ambitransitive, figuratively) To signal using, or as if using, a semaphore, with the implication that it is done nonverbally.
    • The person intending to Semaphore will make the International Code Signal VOX (I am going to Semaphore to you), and set his Semaphore at the alphabetical sign [...] with the Indicator out, and wait until the person to whom the Semaphore signal is to be made hoists his answering pennant close up....1907, United States Hydrographic Office, “Distant Signals”, in International Code of Signals, American edition, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, part III, page 539

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Questions about semaphored

What is semaphored the simple past and past participle of?
Semaphored is the simple past and past participle of semaphore.

Words near semaphored in the dictionary

  1. semaphore flags
  2. semaphore plant
  3. semaphore plants
  4. semaphore signal
  5. semaphore signals
  6. semaphored
  7. semaphores
  8. semaphoretic
  9. semaphoretical
  10. semaphoric
  11. semaphorical

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