greet

Verb
  1. Express greetings upon meeting someone (synset 200898754)
    is a type of: accost, address, come up to - speak to someone
    subtypes:
    • shake hands - take someone's hands and shake them as a gesture of greeting or congratulation
    • bob, curtsy - make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect
    • salute - greet in a friendly way
    • present, salute - recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position
    • salute - honor with a military ceremony, as when honoring dead soldiers
    • hail, herald - greet enthusiastically or joyfully
    • receive, welcome - bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
    • say farewell - say good-bye or bid farewell
    • bid, wish - invoke upon
    same as: recognise, recognize
  2. Send greetings to (synset 200898638)
    is a type of: communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings
    subtypes: compliment - express respect or esteem for
  3. React to in a certain way (synset 200720831)
    "The President was greeted with catcalls"
    is a type of: react, respond - show a response or a reaction to something
  4. Be perceived by (synset 202202019)
    "Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment"

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