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"gesture" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

gesture sustantivo

sustantivo + gesture
Kolokacji: 21
hand gesture • gesture of goodwill • arm gesture • good-will gesture • gesture of will • ...
gesture + verbo
Kolokacji: 28
gesture makes • gesture seems • gesture indicates • gesture means • gesture comes • ...
verbo + gesture
Kolokacji: 25
use gestures • spread in a gesture • make a gesture • lift in a gesture • follow one's gesture • ...
adjetivo + gesture
Kolokacji: 278
small gesture • symbolic gesture • grand gesture • obscene gesture • sweeping gesture • dramatic gesture • quick gesture • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 33
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 73
(1) small, little, slight, tiny, modest, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(2) symbolic, characteristic, typical, uncharacteristic
Kolokacji: 4
(3) grand, expansive, big, heroic, large, ...
Kolokacji: 9
(4) obscene, lewd, suggestive, indecent
Kolokacji: 4
(5) sweeping, broad, universal, wide
Kolokacji: 4
(6) dramatic, bold, operatic
Kolokacji: 3
(7) quick, eloquent, good, deft
Kolokacji: 4
(8) impatient, nervous, frantic
Kolokacji: 3
(9) conciliatory, placatory
Kolokacji: 2
(10) simple, mere, complicated
Kolokacji: 3
(11) dismissive, ironic, playful, comic, charming
Kolokacji: 5
(12) futile, useless, idle, frustrated
Kolokacji: 4
(13) helpless, hopeless, despairing, desperate, throat-cutting
Kolokacji: 5
(14) friendly, familiar, intimate
Kolokacji: 3
(15) human, humanitarian
Kolokacji: 2
(16) nice, polite, gracious, brusque, diplomatic, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(17) final, peremptory, decisive, ultimate
Kolokacji: 4
(18) vague, uncertain, ambiguous
Kolokacji: 3
(19) angry, violent, wild, savage, offensive, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(20) graceful, elegant, lovely, welcome, beautiful
Kolokacji: 5
(21) empty, meaningless, pointless, hollow, superfluous
Kolokacji: 5
(22) political, sharp, sudden, abrupt, swift, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(23) token, minimal
Kolokacji: 2
(24) rude, crude, common, vulgar
Kolokacji: 4
(25) single, only
Kolokacji: 2
(26) imperious, contemptuous, insulting, scornful, arrogant
Kolokacji: 5
(27) threatening, significant, important, menacing, meaningful
Kolokacji: 5
(28) expressive, resigned, communicative
Kolokacji: 3
(29) exaggerated, far
Kolokacji: 2
(30) generous, extravagant, magnanimous
Kolokacji: 3
(31) theatrical, stylized, melodramatic, histrionic
Kolokacji: 4
(32) casual, careless, offhand, occasional
Kolokacji: 4
(33) romantic, affectionate, sentimental, loving, triumphant, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(34) subtle, imperceptible
Kolokacji: 2
(35) physical, personal, languid, bodily
Kolokacji: 4
(36) unconscious, defiant, tentative
Kolokacji: 3
(37) noble, regal
Kolokacji: 2
(38) public, unmistakable, obvious, overt, furtive
Kolokacji: 5
(39) appropriate, inappropriate
Kolokacji: 2
(40) similar, unnecessary
Kolokacji: 2
(41) unusual, rare, curious, odd, strange, ...
Kolokacji: 12
(42) spontaneous, instinctive, natural, impulsive
Kolokacji: 4
(43) musical, sweet, melodic, rhythmic
Kolokacji: 4
(44) flamboyant, rhetorical, grandiloquent
Kolokacji: 3
(45) facial, foolish, economical, pathetic, weary, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(46) emphatic, forceful, brisk
Kolokacji: 3
(47) formal, courtly, celebratory, ceremonial, mimetic
Kolokacji: 5
(48) protective, certain, elaborate, thoughtful, deliberate
Kolokacji: 5
(49) brief, fleeting
Kolokacji: 2
(50) awkward, slow, clumsy
Kolokacji: 3
(51) silent, wordless
Kolokacji: 2
(52) traditional, architectural, painterly, classic, cosmetic
Kolokacji: 5
(53) automatic, involuntary, mechanical
Kolokacji: 3
(54) delicate, feeble, stiff, weak, impotent
Kolokacji: 5
(55) airy, ancient, old-fashioned
Kolokacji: 3
(56) deprecating, deprecatory
Kolokacji: 2
(57) apologetic, defensive
Kolokacji: 2
1. apologetic gesture = przepraszający gest apologetic gesture
2. defensive gesture = obronny gest defensive gesture
  • He sighed, and held up his gloved hand in a defensive gesture.
  • He put his hands on his bent knees, almost a defensive gesture.
  • Was that a warning, a defensive gesture, so soon?
  • Her arms were crossed, hands hidden, but he sensed this was less a defensive gesture and more an effort to keep warm.
  • He put out his hand, a defensive gesture, acid shook his head.
  • Alexi held out a hand in a defensive gesture but kept laughing.
  • But I have never known him to draw it, except as a defensive gesture.
  • But the glasses are not merely a defensive gesture.
  • "Sorry," she said, holding up her hands in a defensive gesture.
  • "This would be expected if she had raised her hands in a defensive gesture as the gun was being fired."
(58) soothing, face-saving, reassuring, comforting
Kolokacji: 4
(59) patriotic, suicidal, innocent, harmless
Kolokacji: 4
(60) provocative, evocative
Kolokacji: 2
(61) calming, peaceful, smooth
Kolokacji: 3
(62) commanding, upward, downward
Kolokacji: 3
(63) feminine, sexual, animated
Kolokacji: 3
(64) gentle, easy, charitable, selfless, sympathetic
Kolokacji: 5
(65) urgent, repetitive
Kolokacji: 2
(66) precise, fine, heartfelt
Kolokacji: 3
(67) touching, poignant
Kolokacji: 2
(68) reciprocal, positive, negative, open-handed, fatherly, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(69) irritated, exasperated
Kolokacji: 2
(70) submissive, respectful, pious
Kolokacji: 3
(71) Gallic, Italian
Kolokacji: 2
(72) circular, angular
Kolokacji: 2
(73) petulant, cynical
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + gesture
Kolokacji: 13
of gestures • at one's gesture • to gesture • by gesture • for gestures • ...

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