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v. To greet or address with an expression of welcome, goodwill, or respect.

v. To recognize (a superior) with a gesture prescribed by military regulations, as by raising the hand to the cap.

v. To honor formally and ceremoniously.

v. To express warm approval of; commend: salute an agency for its charity work.

v. To become noticeable to: A stench saluted our nostrils.

verb-intransitive. To make a gesture of greeting or respect.

n. An act of greeting; a salutation.

n. An act or gesture of welcome, honor, or courteous recognition: a musical salute to the composer's 90th birthday.

n. The position of the hand or rifle or the bodily posture of a person saluting a military superior.

n. A formal military display of honor or greeting, such as the firing of cannon.

n. A formal gesture done in honor of someone or something, usually with the hand or hands in one of various particular positions.

n. Any action done for the purpose of honor or tribute .

v. To make a gesture in honor of someone or something.

v. To act in thanks, honor, or tribute; to thank or extend gratitude.

v. to wave, to acknowledge an acquaintance.

v. To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.

v. Hence, to give a sign of good will; to compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow, etc.

v. To honor, as some day, person, or nation, by a discharge of cannon or small arms, by dipping colors, by cheers, etc.

v. To promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify.

n. The act of saluting, or expressing kind wishes or respect; salutation; greeting.

n. A sign, token, or ceremony, expressing good will, compliment, or respect, as a kiss, a bow, etc.

n. A token of respect or honor for some distinguished or official personage, for a foreign vessel or flag, or for some festival or event, as by presenting arms, by a discharge of cannon, volleys of small arms, dipping the colors or the topsails, etc.

To wish health to; greet with expressions of respect, good will, affection, etc.

To greet with a kiss, a bow, a courtesy, the uncovering of the head, a clasp or a wave of the hand, or the like; especially, in older writers, to kiss.

To hail or greet with welcome, honor, homage, etc.; welcome; hail.

To honor formally or with ceremonious recognition, as by the firing of cannon, presenting arms, dipping the colors, etc.: as, to salute a general or an admiral; to salute the flag.

To touch; affect; influence; excite.

To perform a salutation; exchange greetings.

To perform a military salute.

n. An act of expressing kind wishes or respect; a salutation; a greeting.

n. A kiss.

n. In the army and navy, a compliment paid when a distinguished personage presents himself, when troops or squadrons meet, when officers are buried, or to celebrate an event or show respect to a flag, and on many other ceremonial occasions.

n. The position of the sword, rifle, hand, etc., in saluting; the attitude of a person saluting: as, to stand at the salute while the general is passing; specifically, in fencing, a formal greeting of swordsmen when about to engage.

n. Synonyms Greeting, etc. See salutation.

n. A gold coin current in the French dominions of Henry V. and Henry VI. of England, weighing about 54 grains.

v. honor with a military ceremony, as when honoring dead soldiers

n. an act of greeting with friendly words and gestures like bowing or lifting the hat

v. become noticeable

n. an act of honor or courteous recognition

n. a formal military gesture of respect

v. greet in a friendly way

v. recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position

v. propose a toast to

v. express commendation of

"Cadet_ (_during his first term at Osborne -- where he has been told always to salute his superior officers of both services -- meeting some "temporary" subalterns who disregard his salute_)."

saluted    salutes    saluting   

recognise    recognize    greet    greeting    salutation    smell    recognition    credit    praise   

greet    salutes with cannon    hello    bless you    greeting    gesundheit    toast    hi    good health   

salubrious    salutary    salutation   

benefit    gratify    salutation    greeting    knee    salaam    discharge   

Beirut    Bute    Butte    Jute    Root    Shute    absolut    acute    astute    boot   

greet    nod    salutation    courtesy    gesture    compliment    farewell    acknowledgment    bow    cheer