hand-signal en · VERB
Etymology
Verbal form of the noun hand signal.
Meanings
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To signal by hand.
Before the train passed over any of the level crossings on the branch, it came to a stand, and the guard went forward and hand-signalled it over.
1953 November, John Bourne, “The Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 744:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hand-signalling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |
| hand-signaling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
| hand-signaled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
| hand-signaled | Tense=Past | US | lexicographic |
| hand-signals | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| hand-signalled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |
| hand-signalled | Tense=Past | UK | lexicographic |