salute
/səˈlut/ verb C2- To make a gesture in honor of (someone or something). · They saluted the flag as it passed in the parade.
- To act in thanks, honor, or tribute; to thank or extend gratitude; to praise. · I would like to salute the many dedicated volunteers that make this project possible.
- To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.
- To promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify.
He/she/it salutes · Past saluted · Past participle saluted · -ing form saluting
Verb forms
- Base form
- salute
- He/she/it
- salutes
- Past
- saluted
- Past participle
- saluted
- -ing form
- saluting
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He clicked his heels together, raised his hand in a salute, and was gone.
The coachman, a hard-faced, gnarled little fellow, saluted Sir Henry Baskerville, and in a few minutes we were flying swiftly down the broad, white road.
Morrel appeared and was saluted with an enthusiastic burst of applause from the crew of the Pharaon, who hailed the visit of the shipowner as a sure indication that the man whose wedding feast he thus delighted to honor would ere long be first in command of the ship; and as Dantès was universally beloved on board his vessel, the sailors put no restraint on their tumultuous joy at finding that the opinion and choice of their superiors so exactly coincided with their own.
“She will soon get over these things.” So saying, Madame de Saint-Méran extended her dry bony hand to Villefort, who, while imprinting a son-in-law’s respectful salute on it, looked at Renée, as much as to say, “I must try and fancy ’tis your dear hand I kiss, as it should have been.”
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