noun
language expressed by visible hand gestures
• Syn: ↑signing
• Hypernyms: ↑language, ↑linguistic communication
• Hyponyms: ↑finger spelling, ↑fingerspelling, ↑ASL, ↑American sign language
• Part Meronyms: ↑sign
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noun, pl ⋯ -guages [count, noncount]
: a system of hand movements used for communication especially by people who are deaf
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a system of communicating with people who cannot hear, by using hand movements rather than spoken words
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They communicate in sign language.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.