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Semaphore (Verb)

Send signals by or as if by semaphore.

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

They used flashlights to semaphore their location to the rescuers on the other side of the valley.
He stood at the edge of the dance floor, semaphoreing with a raised arm for his friends to come over.
The police officers used hand signals to semaphore to each other silently as they approached the suspect.
The lighthouse beam semaphored warnings to ships navigating through the rocky shoreline.
She semaphored her impatience to the slow-moving crowd, waving her arms and gesturing for people to hurry up.

Convey by semaphore, of information.

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

The team used flags to semaphore their position to the rescue crew on the distant hill.
They learned to semaphore vital information about the enemy's movements back to headquarters.
By using a system of hand signals, they could semaphore complex commands to their troops.
Using the lighthouse to semaphore her distress signal, the stranded sailor hoped for a speedy rescue.
From the mountain peak, the hikers tried to semaphore their location to the low-flying plane.