gesture — OET

gesture

noun

1 he threw out both hands in a gesture of surrender:

signal, signalling, sign, signing, motion, motioning, wave, indication, gesticulation.

2 they burned the flag as a symbolic gesture:

action, deed, act, move.

verb

he gestured to her to remain where she was:

signal, make a gesture, make a sign, give a sign, sign, motion, wave, indicate, gesticulate.

gesture Oxford Dictionary of English