Manoeuvre
[mә'nu:vә]
Definition
(n.) Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.
(n.) Management with address or artful design; adroit proceeding; stratagem.
(n.) To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with reference to getting advantage in attack or defense.
(n.) To manage with address or art; to scheme.
(v. t.) To change the positions of, as of troops of ships.
(n. & v.) See Maneuver.
Typed by Lesley
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Written also Maneuver.] [1]. Evolution, movement.[2]. Scheme, plan, plot, stratagem, artifice, ruse, trick, finesse, artful management, adroit procedure.
v. n. [1]. Perform evolutions.[2]. Contrive, plan, plot, manage, pull the wires or strings.
Typist: Portia
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Operation, tactics, contrivance, movement
ANT:Counteraction, defeat, bafflement, detection, countermovement, neutralization,check
Checked by Dale
Examples
- She brought his cigar and lighted it for him; she knew the effect of that manoeuvre, having practised it in former days upon Rawdon Crawley. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Curious, characteristic manoeuvre! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But knowing they were Italians, Hans had said, we attempted to manoeuvre which would have been unjustifiable against other troops. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I was too old a hand in aerial warfare to be at a loss now for the right manoeuvre. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Rawdon had not the heart for that manoeuvre. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- To this manoeuvre he accordingly resorted. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- By very skilful manoeuvres and boldness of attack he completely routed the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We should only be in the way of the manoeuvres that the gallant fellows are performing overhead. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Selden had watched her manoeuvres with lazy amusement. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I should more readily have accredited this report had his manoeuvres been better masked. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th, were consumed in manoeuvring and awaiting the arrival of reinforcements from Washington. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- My poor aunt had certainly little cause to love the state; but, however, speaking from my own observation, it is a manoeuvring business. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The 9th, 10th, and 11th were spent in manoeuvring and fighting, without decisive results. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Yet he suddenly began to feel himself drifting into the old track of manoeuvring on Thomasin's account. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And if this seems like manoeuvring, you must remember that her position is peculiar, and that she has been hardly used. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Here he manoeuvred to give the impression that we were going to attack the left flank of Lee's army. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We manoeuvred them at Guadalajara. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And you must have observed, Watson, how she manoeuvred to have the light at her back. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Rosecrans had very skilfully manoeuvred Bragg south of the Tennessee River, and through and beyond Chattanooga. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Typist: Ruben