sign language

3 definitions found

sign language - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  sign language \sign" lang`uage\ (s[imac]n" l[a^]ng`w[asl]j), n.
     A form of language for communicating by use of gestures made
     by the hands, rather than by speech. It includes alphabets
     made by hand gestures, as well as proper languages formed
     from signs. Among the latter is the American Sign Language
     (ASL), used by the deaf. See also dactylology.
     [PJC]

sign language - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sign language
      n 1: language expressed by visible hand gestures [syn: sign language
           , signing]

sign language - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "sign language":
     bearing, beck, beckon, body language, carriage, charade, chironomy,
     dactylology, deaf-and-dumb alphabet, dumb show, finger alphabet,
     gesticulation, gesture, gesture language, hand signal, kinesics,
     manual alphabet, motion, movement, oral method, pantomime, poise,
     pose, posture, shrug, stance