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salute
 
Noun salute has 3 senses
  1. salute, salutation - an act of honor or courteous recognition; "a musical salute to the composer on his birthday"
    --1 is a kind of recognition, credit
    Derived form: verb salute1
  2. salute, military greeting - a formal military gesture of respect
    --2 is a kind of greeting, salutation
    Derived forms: verb salute6, verb salute5
  3. salute - an act of greeting with friendly words and gestures like bowing or lifting the hat
    --3 is a kind of     greeting, salutation
    Derived form: verb salute2
Verb salute has 6 senses
  1. toast, drink, pledge, salute, wassail - propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year"
    --1 is one way to honor, honour, reward
    Derived forms: noun salute1, noun salutation1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  2. salute - greet in a friendly way; "I meet this men every day on my way to work and he salutes me"
    --2 is one way to     greet, recognize, recognise
    Derived forms: noun salute3, noun salutation3, noun salutation2, noun saluter1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  3. salute - express commendation of; "I salute your courage!"
    --3 is one way to     praise
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  4. salute - become noticeable; "a terrible stench saluted our nostrils"
    --4 is one way to     smell
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  5. salute - honor with a military ceremony, as when honoring dead soldiers
    --5 is one way to     greet, recognize, recognise
    Derived forms: noun salute2, noun salutation1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  6. salute, present - recognize with a gesture prescribed by a miltary regulation; assume a prescribed position; "When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute"
    --6 is one way to greet, recognize, recognise
    Derived form: noun salute2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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