semaphore
noun
an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
semaphored
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past participleof semaphore.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof semaphore.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
semaphorenounan apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
Example Sentences
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The start of today’s race has been semaphored and a group of six riders have attacked off the front of the bunch.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2019
With these ones ripped up and destroyed, and made into something else entirely, they perhaps semaphored a new era.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 9, 2014
Elsewhere in the opening episode nothing happened that wasn't first semaphored in the previous scene.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2011
As her advisers and courtiers semaphored behind her to wave off the truth, antiroyalist Hytner smiled sweetly and said, "It's hereditary."
From Time Magazine Archive
His red helmet light semaphored the command to follow him.
From Brigands of the Moon by Ray Cummings
