[
UK
/sˈɛmɐfˌɔː/
]
VERB
- send signals by or as if by semaphore
- convey by semaphore, of information
NOUN
- an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms
How To Use semaphore In A Sentence
- Gliders were retrieved to the launch point by 15cwt Bedford trucks and instructions to the winch driver, a thousand yards away, were given by semaphore bats.
- The varied orientations of tiny fold patterns in the smallest grid boxes recall semaphore flags or suggest LED elements in a Times Square news zipper - except never in a hue as garish as red.
- Jack also enjoys vexillology and can signal Bible passages from memory in fluent semaphore.
- Pebble hides the details of interrupts from higher-level components and uses only semaphores for synchronization.
- Meringue hair, glaring cosmetic faces, piranha smiles, jewels that wink like semaphore signals. MIDDLE AGE: A ROMANCE
- Throwing the balls out to the players, they hold their hands in the air like a secret sporting semaphore.
- I have stood on the shed and waved my arms about the place making ham-fisted attempts at semaphore.
- Semaphore and priority inheritance protocol ( PIP ) priority ceiling protocol ( PCP ) is supported.
- He does so, prompting the linesman to semaphore the word ‘offside’ with his arresting flag.
- The 'Orel' fired an accidental shot (which she immediately reported by semaphore). Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima