semaphore
🇺🇸
/ˈseməfɔːr/
🇬🇧
/ˈseməfɔː(r)/
noun
R
A way to communicate using hand or flag signals to represent letters or messages.
Before radio, ships used semaphore to communicate with each other across the sea.
verb
R
To communicate using semaphore or a similar signal system.
The soldiers semaphored their position to the commander.
translation
A way to communicate using hand or flag signals to represent letters or messages.
To communicate using semaphore or a similar signal system.
Word Forms
Perfect
semaphored
Progressive
semaphoring
3rd Present
semaphores
Plural
semaphores
Past
semaphored