Overview of verb sign

The verb sign has 8 senses

• sign, subscribe -- (mark with one's signature; write one's name (on); "She signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here")


• sign, ratify -- (approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation; "All parties ratified the peace treaty"; "Have you signed your contract yet?")


• sign -- (be engaged by a written agreement; "He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18"; "The soprano signed to sing the new opera")


• sign, contract, sign on, sign up -- (engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season")


• sign, signal, signalize, signalise -- (communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs; "He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture"; "The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu")


• sign -- (place signs, as along a road; "sign an intersection"; "This road has been signed")


• sign -- (communicate in sign language; "I don't know how to sign, so I could not communicate with my deaf cousin")


• bless, sign -- (make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate)

Overview of adj signed

The adj signed has 2 senses

• signed -- (having a handwritten signature; "a signed letter")


• gestural, sign, signed, sign-language -- (used of the language of the deaf)