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FINGER-SPELL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does finger-spell mean?
• FINGER-SPELL (verb)
The verb FINGER-SPELL has 1 sense:
1. communicate by means of specific gestures, as an alternative to sign language
Familiarity information: FINGER-SPELL used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Communicate by means of specific gestures, as an alternative to sign language
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
finger-spell; fingerspell
Context example:
The Deaf often fingerspell
Hypernyms (to "finger-spell" is one way to...):
communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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