gesture
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- motion derivation
Sense 2 verb
show, express or direct through movement
He gestured his desire to leave
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- gesture derivation
- motion derivation
- gesticulation derivation
Sense 3 noun
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
Types & categories
- visual communication hypernym
- sign hyponym
- gesticulation hyponym
- beck hyponym
- facial expression hyponym
- flourish hyponym
- high-five hyponym
- previous question hyponym
- shrug hyponym
- waving hyponym
- V sign hyponym
- nod hyponym
- bowing hyponym
- sign of the cross hyponym
- curtsy hyponym
Related & opposite
- motion derivation
Sense 4 noun
something done as an indication of intention
a political gesture
Types & categories
- indication hypernym
- beau geste hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | motion |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | movement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jab |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mudra |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gesture |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | motion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gesticulation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | communicate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wink |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | exsert |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shrug |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | clap |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | applaud |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bless |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | nod |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cross oneself |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bow |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shake |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wave |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | motion |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | visual communication |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sign |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gesticulation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | beck |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | facial expression |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | flourish |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | high-five |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | previous question |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shrug |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | waving |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | V sign |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | nod |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bowing |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sign of the cross |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | curtsy |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | indication |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | beau geste |