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SEMAPHORE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("semaphore" is a kind of...):

apparatus; setup (equipment designed to serve a specific function)

Derivation:

semaphore (convey by semaphore, of information)

semaphore (send signals by or as if by semaphore)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Convey by semaphore, of information

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "semaphore" is one way to...):

communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

semaphore (an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Send signals by or as if by semaphore

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "semaphore" is one way to...):

sign; signal; signalise; signalize (communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

semaphore (an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms)

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