See Also: gesture(medicine)
gesture(dictionary)
gesture 1, noun(dictionary)
gesture 2, verb(dictionary)

gesture (iou)



gesture noun & verb. LME.
[medieval Latin gestura, from Latin gerere bear, carry, carry on, perform: see -URE.]
A. noun.
Manner of carrying the body; carriage, deportment. LME-E19.
Burke The fashion of the countenance and the gesture of the body..is so correspondent to this state of mind.
b. (A) position, posture, or attitude of the body, esp. in prayer or worship. M16-E18.
(A) movement of the body or limbs, now only as an expression of thought or feeling; the use of such movements as an expression of feeling or a rhetorical device. LME.
A. Miller With a gesture of his head he indicates the open country. D. M. Davin A first-rate raconteur who was able to act out his stories with gesture and mimicry. M. Amis She crinkled her nosea gesture which in her indicated uncertainty.
An action performed as a courtesy, formality, or symbol to indicate an intention or evoke a response. E20.
J. Raban He had offered me a room to stay in; a characteristically kind and open-handed gesture. A. Storr This was clearly a gesture rather than a seriously intended attempt at suicide.
b. verb.
verb trans. Order the position or carriage of (the body, oneself). M16-M17.
verb intrans. Make or use a gesture or gestures. M16.
C. Hampton Carlos gestures and one of the others lays his gun down..and gags her.
verb trans. Express or indicate (a thought or feeling) by a gesture or gestures. L16.
verb trans. Direct (a person) by a gesture or gestures. L19.
F. Raphael Alma gestured Julia to her place.
gestural adjective E17.
gestureless adjective M19.
gesturer noun L19.