Move
[muːv] or [muv]
Definition
(noun.) the act of deciding to do something; 'he didn't make a move to help'; 'his first move was to hire a lawyer'.
(noun.) (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game.
(noun.) the act of changing your residence or place of business; 'they say that three moves equal one fire'.
(verb.) go or proceed from one point to another; 'the debate moved from family values to the economy'.
(verb.) progress by being changed; 'The speech has to go through several more drafts'; 'run through your presentation before the meeting'.
(verb.) propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting.
(verb.) have a turn; make one's move in a game; 'Can I go now?'.
(verb.) arouse sympathy or compassion in; 'Her fate moved us all'.
(verb.) move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; 'He moved his hand slightly to the right'.
(verb.) cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; 'Move those boxes into the corner, please'; 'I'm moving my money to another bank'; 'The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant'.
(verb.) change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; 'We moved from Idaho to Nebraska'; 'The basketball player moved from one team to another'.
(verb.) dispose of by selling; 'The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers'.
(verb.) live one's life in a specified environment; 'she moves in certain circles only'.
Editor: Louise--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a vessel; the horse moves a carriage.
(v. t.) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.
(v. t.) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
(v. t.) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion.
(v. t.) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.
(v. t.) To apply to, as for aid.
(v. i.) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another; as, a ship moves rapidly.
(v. i.) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.
(v. i.) To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another.
(v. i.) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.
(n.) The act of moving; a movement.
(n.) The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game.
(n.) An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
Checker: Mimi
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a.. [1]. Impel, put in motion.[2]. Incite, instigate, rouse, actuate, influence, persuade, induce, prevail upon, act upon.[3]. Affect, touch, impress.[4]. Propose (in a deliberative body), recommend, suggest, offer for consideration.
v. n. [1]. Stir, budge, change place or posture.[2]. Go, proceed, walk, march.[3]. Act, live, have power of motion.[4]. Remove, change residence.
n. Movement, motion, change of place.
Checker: Salvatore
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Change,[See CONTROL_and_GOVERN], progress, stir, affect, agitate, actuate,impel, propose, advance, propel, instigate, provoke
ANT:Stand, stop, lie, rest, stay, allay, deter, prevent, arrest, withdraw
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Definition
v.t. to cause to change place or posture: to set in motion: to impel: to excite to action: to persuade: to instigate: to arouse: to provoke: to touch the feelings of: to propose or bring before an assembly: to recommend.—v.i. to go from one place to another: to change place or posture: to walk to carry one's self: to change residence: to make a motion as in an assembly: to bow or salute on meeting.—n. the act of moving: a proceeding or step: a movement esp. at chess.—adj. Move′less immovable.—ns. Move′ment act or manner of moving: change of position: motion of the mind emotion: a series of incidents moving continuously towards one end: particular arrangement of the moving parts in a mechanism esp. the wheelwork of a clock or watch: (mil.) a strategic change of position: (mus.) melodic progression accentual character tempo or pace; Mov′er.—adj. Mov′ing causing motion: changing position: affecting the feelings: pathetic.—adv. Mov′ingly.—Know a move or two to be sharp or knowing; On the move changing or about to change one's place.
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Examples
- Orders were to move cautiously with skirmishers to the front to feel for the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- That she had chosen to move away from him in this moment of her trouble made everything harder to say, but he must absolutely go on. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was under his hand, and I soothed him to let me move his hand away. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Move the lens so that its distance from the candle is increased, and then find the image on a piece of paper. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- On the 12th of February I ordered Thomas to take Dalton and hold it, if possible; and I directed him to move without delay. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I drew up all the instructions for the contemplated move, and kept them in my pocket until I should hear of the junction of our troops at Jackson. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He said that if he had permission he would move so and so (pointing out how) against the Confederates, and that he could whip them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- His mother left the room; then, moved by insupportable regret, I just murmured the words Dr. Bretton. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- And that it should have been his wife moved him indescribably. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Then they moved across, through the hall, to the other front room, that was a little smaller than the firSt. 'This is the study,' said Hermione. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I'll crack _my_ whip about their ear'n, afore they bring it to that, though, said Hiram, while Mr. Solomon, shaking his bridle, moved onward. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Burnside had moved promptly on the 4th, on receiving word that the Army of the Potomac had safely crossed the Rapidan. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- She spoke so modestly and softly and her trembling hand expressed such agitation as it moved to and fro upon the silent notes! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In 1635 he moved to what is now Windsor, Connecticut, and was the surveyor for that colony for more than forty years. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It ended in my moving into the house next Lady-day, and starting in practice on very much the same conditions as he had suggested. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It had a pale ruddy sea-bottom, with black crabs and sea-weed moving sinuously under a transparent sea, that passed into flamy ruddiness above. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I heard it nearing me slowly, until it came changed to my ear--came like footsteps moving onward--then stopped. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- They watched the plane moving high and silvery and steady in the sunlight. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The moving of passengers and freight seems to be directly related to the progress of civilization, and the factor whose influence has been most felt in this field is the steam locomotive. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- They are drunk, he said, moving his hand toward the two soldiers. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The sleeper moving an arm, he sat down again in his chair, and feigned to watch the storm from the window. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Also, I see that they are covered with dust, and that the dust moves with them as they come, tramp, tramp! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- She doesn't bounce, but moves quietly, and takes care of a certain little person in a motherly way which delights me. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The shifting of the air-currents means that the centre of air-pressure moves. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The wire cloth moves at the rate of from 25 to 40 feet per minute, and such a machine would consequently make at least 10 yards of paper in that time, which is equal to a mile in three hours. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- You do not know how long you are in a river when the current moves swiftly. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The hydrogen formed by the chemical action of the dilute sulphuric acid on the zinc moves toward the copper electrode, as in the simple voltaic cell. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Sherman, with a large force, moves immediately on Johnston, to drive him from the State. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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