The Meaning of sign

(n.) That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.
(n.) A remarkable event, considered by the ancients as indicating the will of some deity; a prodigy; an omen.
(n.) An event considered by the Jews as indicating the divine will, or as manifesting an interposition of the divine power for some special end; a miracle; a wonder.
(n.) Something serving to indicate the existence, or preserve the memory, of a thing; a token; a memorial; a monument.
(n.) Any symbol or emblem which prefigures, typifles, or represents, an idea; a type; hence, sometimes, a picture.
(n.) A word or a character regarded as the outward manifestation of thought; as, words are the sign of ideas.
(n.) A motion, an action, or a gesture by which a thought is expressed, or a command or a wish made known.
(n.) Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language of a signs such as those used by the North American Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb.
(n.) A military emblem carried on a banner or a standard.
(n.) A lettered board, or other conspicuous notice, placed upon or before a building, room, shop, or office to advertise the business there transacted, or the name of the person or firm carrying it on; a publicly displayed token or notice.
(n.) The twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac.
(n.) A character indicating the relation of quantities, or an operation performed upon them; as, the sign + (plus); the sign -- (minus); the sign of division Ã–, and the like.
(n.) An objective evidence of disease; that is, one appreciable by some one other than the patient.
(n.) Any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc.
(n.) That which, being external, stands for, or signifies, something internal or spiritual; -- a term used in the Church of England in speaking of an ordinance considered with reference to that which it represents.
(n.) To represent by a sign; to make known in a typical or emblematic manner, in distinction from speech; to signify.
(n.) To make a sign upon; to mark with a sign.
(n.) To affix a signature to; to ratify by hand or seal; to subscribe in one's own handwriting.
(n.) To assign or convey formally; -- used with away.
(n.) To mark; to make distinguishable.
(v. i.) To be a sign or omen.
(v. i.) To make a sign or signal; to communicate directions or intelligence by signs.
(v. i.) To write one's name, esp. as a token of assent, responsibility, or obligation.

Synonyms

mark , signal , signaling , signboard , sign of the zodiac , star sign , mansion , house , planetary house , polarity , augury , foretoken , preindication , subscribe , ratify , contract , sign on , sign up , signal , signalize , signalise , bless , gestural , signed , sign-language

Homophones

cine , sein , sine , syne

Rhymes

adeline , aerodyne , affine , airline , alamein , align , aline , alkaline , alpine , arline , arlyne , asinine , assign , australopithecine , ballantine , barentine , baseline , benign , bloodline , borderline , bornstein , bovine , brandywine , brine , brookline , bryne , burdine , byline , byzantine , calamine , canine , capitoline , carbine , caroline , celandine , chine , clementine , cline , clozapine , clyne , coastline , columbine , combine , concubine , confine , constantine , crine , crystalline , dateline , deadline , decline , define , design , devine , dewine , dhein , dine , disincline , divine , dopamine , dragline , dwine , earthshine , eglantine , ein , emeline , emlynne , emmeline , endocrine , enshrine , entwine , epstein , equine , erskine , evangeline , fein , feinstein , feline , feyen , fine , francyne , frankenstein , genuine , gourdine , grapevine , guideline , guynn , gwine , hainline , hairline , hammerstein , headline , hein , heine , hemline , heterodyne , heyen , hine , hornstein , hot-line , huynh , ice-nine , incline , intertwine , iodine , jacobine , jain , karoline , klein , kline , kyne , leontine , lichtenstein , liechtenstein , lifeline , limine , line , lupine , lyne , lysne , macalpine , mainline , malign , mcalpine , microdyne , midline , mine , missildine , moonshine , nadein , nine , online , opine , outline , outshine , palatine , palestine , pine , pipeline , porcupine , prine , pruyn , pyne , quinine , rankine , realign , reassign , recline , recombine , redefine , redesign , refine , resign , rhine , rhyne , rine , rubinstein , saccharine , schein , schlein , sein , serpentine , sharp-sign , shein , shine , shoeshine , shrine , sideline , silverstein , sine , skyline , spine , spline , stein , stine , storyline , streamline , strine , strychnine , styne , sunshine , superheterodyne , supine , swine , thein , thine , timberline , tine , trine , turpentine , twine , tyne , underline , undermine , valentine , vandine , vanduyn , vanduyne , vine , waistline , wallenstein , whine , wine , wyne , zine

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