"gesture" meaning in English

See gesture in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: gesture, gesture, gestures
  1. η χειρονομία
    Sense id: el-gesture-en-noun-bAJOgWDx

Verb

Forms: gesture, gesture, gestures, gestured, gestured, gesturing
  1. χειρονομώ
    Sense id: el-gesture-en-verb-CGIhtiN3
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    {
      "form": "gesture"
    },
    {
      "form": "en-noun-s",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gesture",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ενικός"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gestures",
      "raw_tags": [
        "πληθυντικός"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was speaking calmly without many gestures.",
          "translation": "Μιλούσε ήρεμα χωρίς πολλές χειρονομίες."
        },
        {
          "text": "With gestures he was trying from far away to get me to understand what he wanted.",
          "translation": "Με χειρονομίες προσπαθούσε από μακριά να μου δώσει να καταλάβω αυτό που ήθελε."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "η χειρονομία"
      ],
      "id": "el-gesture-en-noun-bAJOgWDx"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gesture"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gesture"
    },
    {
      "form": "en-verb-'love'",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gesture",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ενεστώτας"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gestures",
      "raw_tags": [
        "γ΄ ενικό ενεστώτα"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gestured",
      "raw_tags": [
        "αόριστος"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gestured",
      "raw_tags": [
        "παθητική μετοχή"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gesturing",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ενεργητική μετοχή"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "χειρονομώ"
      ],
      "id": "el-gesture-en-verb-CGIhtiN3"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gesture"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gesture"
    },
    {
      "form": "en-noun-s",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gesture",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ενικός"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gestures",
      "raw_tags": [
        "πληθυντικός"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was speaking calmly without many gestures.",
          "translation": "Μιλούσε ήρεμα χωρίς πολλές χειρονομίες."
        },
        {
          "text": "With gestures he was trying from far away to get me to understand what he wanted.",
          "translation": "Με χειρονομίες προσπαθούσε από μακριά να μου δώσει να καταλάβω αυτό που ήθελε."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "η χειρονομία"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gesture"
}

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    {
      "form": "gesture"
    },
    {
      "form": "en-verb-'love'",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gesture",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ενεστώτας"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gestures",
      "raw_tags": [
        "γ΄ ενικό ενεστώτα"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gestured",
      "raw_tags": [
        "αόριστος"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gestured",
      "raw_tags": [
        "παθητική μετοχή"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gesturing",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ενεργητική μετοχή"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "χειρονομώ"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gesture"
}

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