gesture

Etymology
From, from , past participle.

Noun

 * 1) A motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech.
 * 2) An act or a remark that serves as a formality or as a sign of attitude.
 * We took flowers as a gesture of sympathy.
 * 1)  A motion made with a pointing device, or on a touchscreen, that is recognised by the system as a command.
 * 2)  The manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.
 * 1)  A motion made with a pointing device, or on a touchscreen, that is recognised by the system as a command.
 * 2)  The manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.
 * 1)  The manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.
 * 1)  The manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: gebaar
 * Albanian:
 * American Sign Language: FlatB@InsideChesthigh-FlatB@InsideChesthigh CirclesMidline-CirclesMidline
 * Arabic: لَفْتَة, إِشَارَة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: жэст, целару́х
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: gestus
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: žest
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, , visaxe
 * Georgian: ჟესტი,
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: מחווה
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ジェスチャー
 * Kazakh: ым
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: žests
 * Lithuanian: gestas
 * Macedonian: гест
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠳᠣᠬᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: gest
 * Nynorsk: gest
 * Pashto:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: gluasad
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ге̏ст
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: gesta, kretnja
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik: имову ишора,, ишорат
 * Tatar:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, , , el kol hareketi, baş hareketi, el hareketi, kol hareketi
 * Turkmen: yşarat
 * Ukrainian: жест, ві́друх
 * Urdu: اشاره
 * Uyghur: ئىشارەت
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Yiddish: זשעסט


 * Afrikaans: gebaar
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: ჟესტი,
 * German:
 * Hebrew: גֶ׳סְטָה
 * Latvian: žests
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: gest
 * Nynorsk: gest
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * 1)  To make a gesture or gestures.
 * My dad told me never to gesture with my hands when I talk.
 * Never gesture at someone using your middle finger: it may be perceived as an insult.
 * 1)  To express (something) by a gesture or gestures.
 * He gestured his disgust.
 * 1)  To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action.
 * 2)  To express or signal (to someone) by a gesture or gestures (to do something, go somewhere, etc).
 * 3) * 1915, Booth Tarkington, Wednesday Madness, in The Cosmopolitan, page 61:
 * 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 }}
 * 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 }}

Translations

 * American Sign Language: FlatB@InsideChesthigh-FlatB@InsideChesthigh CirclesMidline-CirclesMidline
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 做手勢
 * Esperanto: gesti
 * Finnish: ;
 * German:
 * Maori: tuone, ohaoha
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: gestikulovať
 * Swedish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, osoittaa eleellään
 * German: (jemandem etwas) bedeuten
 * Maori: whakapuwheto
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish: