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FINGERSPELL
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they fingerspell ... he / she / it fingerspells
Past simple: fingerspelled
Past participle: fingerspelled
-ing form: fingerspelling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Communicate by means of specific gestures, as an alternative to sign language
Example:
The Deaf often fingerspell
Synonyms:
finger-spell; fingerspell
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "fingerspell" is one way to...):
communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
fingerspelling (an alphabet of manual signs)
