āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
Gesture
01
āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ, āĻāĻļāĻžāϰāĻž
a movement of the hands, face, or body used to express an idea, feeling, or intention
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He nodded in a gesture of agreement.
āϏ⧠āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻļāĻžāϰāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āύāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ, āĻāĻļāĻžāϰāĻž
a deliberate movement, usually of the hands, used to communicate a specific signal or instruction
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She gave a secret gesture to signal the start of the game.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻā§āϞāĻžāϰ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āϏāĻāĻā§āϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻĒāύ āĻāĻļāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
03
āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ, āĻāĻļāĻžāϰāĻž
an action done to express an intention, feeling, or goodwill without necessarily using words
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He offered his seat as a polite gesture.
āϏ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻļāĻžāϰāĻž āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāϏāύāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
to gesture
01
āĻāĻļāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž
to express a meaning with a movement of the hands, face, head, etc.
Intransitive
Ditransitive: to gesture for sb to do sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher gestured for the students to quiet down before starting the lesson.
āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻžāϤā§āϰāĻĻā§āϰ āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻļāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāϰāϞā§āύāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
gestural
gesture
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