Definition of "gesture"

gesture

/ˈd͡ʒest͡ʃə/

noun
plural gestures
1. A motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech.
  Quotations
  Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, / In every gesture dignity and love.
  1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,
2. An act or a remark that serves as a formality or as a sign of attitude.
  Quotations
  But, with a gesture, she put a period to this dalliance—one shouldn't palter so on an empty stomach, she might almost have said.
  1922, Michael Arlen, “2/4/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days‎
3. (graphical user interface) A motion made with a pointing device, or on a touchscreen, that is recognised by the system as a command.
4. (obsolete) The manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.
  Quotations
  Accubation, or lying down at meals, was a gesture used by very many nations.
  1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […]
verb
third-person singular simple present gestures, present participle gesturing, simple past and past participle gestured
1. (intransitive) To make a gesture or gestures.
2. (transitive) To express something by a gesture or gestures.
3. (transitive) To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action.
  Quotations
  It is not orderly read, nor gestured as beseemeth.
  1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, (please specify the page)

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