semaphore
noun
an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
semaphores
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present tense formof semaphore (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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They’re off and racing in stage 18: The road is about five lanes wide and the sun is hot as race director Christian Prudhomme semaphores the signal to start racing.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2020
It undermines the piety and ethical lapses in nonfiction mystery shows, while sharing with “Three Billboards” a belief in semaphores and that people aren’t any one thing.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2018
But he can slay without words: His eyebrows are semaphores, his left hand a weapon that can dismiss a subject with a quiver.
From Washington Post ● May 24, 2016
The kids on Bandstand mimicked its manual semaphores and danced to its perky rhythm, eerily similar to Bo Diddley’s signature chugging backbeat.
From Time ● Jan. 19, 2012
Enrique's Journey Then he sees switches and semaphores.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
