move
/mˈuv/
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Definitions
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
the act of changing your residence or place of business; "they say that three moves equal one fire"
Noun
a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
Noun
the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
Noun
(game) a player''s turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game
Verb
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
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
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
Verb
change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another"
Verb
follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"
Verb
be in a state of action; "she is always moving"
Verb
go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy"
Verb
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
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have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
Verb
give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
Verb
arouse sympathy or compassion in; "Her fate moved us all"
Verb
dispose of by selling; "The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers"
Verb
progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"
Verb
live one''s life in a specified environment; "she moves in certain circles only"
Verb
have a turn; make one''s move in a game; "Can I go now?"
Verb
propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
Synonyms
act
actuate
affect
be active
displace
go
impress
incite
locomote
make a motion
motility
motion
motivate
movement
proceed
prompt
propel
relocation
run
strike
travel
More General Terms
act
advise
affect
alter
cause
change
conclusion
decision
determination
do
impress
live
make
move
play
propose
sell
strike
suggest
turn
vary
More Specific Terms
abduction
accompany
acquit
act on
act superior
adduction
advance
advancement
aggress
agitate
agitation
alienate
alternate
angle
antagonise
antagonize
anticipate
approach
approaching
arise
arouse
ascend
ascending
ascension
ascent
assay
assume
attack
attempt
automobile
awaken
back
bang
be adrift
bear
beat
beetle
begin
behave
belt along
bend
bestir
bestride
betake oneself
billow
blow
bluff
bluff out
bob
body English
boil
bolt
bounce
bound
bowl over
brandish
breeze
bring down
bring forward
bring outside
bring up
brush
buck
bucket along
budge
bump around
bustle
bustle about
cannonball along
cant
cant over
caravan
careen
career
carry
cast
castle
center
centre
change
change hands
change owners
channel
channelise
channelize
chase
chase away
check
chess move
chop
churn
circle
circuit
circulate
circumduction
click
climb
climb on
close
closing
cloud
coact
coast
coggle
come
come close
come down
come forward
come out
come to the fore
come together
come up
coming
commit
commove
comport
condescend
conduct
contend
continue
cope
counter
counteract
course
court
crank
crash
crawl
create
creep
cringe
crowd
cruise
cut
cut to
dally
dance
dandle
dare
dart
dawdle
deal
deign
demarche
deport
depress
deracinate
derail
descend
descent
direct
disarrange
disgorge
dislocate
dislodge
dispatch
dispel
displace
displacement
distribute
disturb
disturbance
disunite
diverge
divide
do
do well
dodge
drag
draw
draw back
drift
drive
drive away
drive off
drive out
drop
drop back
duck
ease
ease up
effect
egotrip
elevate
embark
end up
engage
engrave
err
essay
eurhythmics
eurhythmy
eurythmics
eurythmy
evacuate
evade
eversion
everting
exert
exit
expel
exteriorize
extirpate
eye movement
fall
falter
feed
ferry
festinate
fetal movement
fetch up
fidget
finish
finish up
flap
flex
flick
flicker
flinch
fling
flip
flirt
flit
float
flock
flourish
flow
fluctuate
flurry
flutter
flux
fly
foetal movement
follow
following
force
force out
foresee
forestall
forge
forward motion
funk
funnel
gesture
get about
get around
get around to
get by
get down
get on
get out
get up
ghost
give
give way
glide
go
go about
go across
go ahead
go along
go around
go by
go down
go forward
go off at half-cock
go off half-cocked
go on
go out
go past
go through
go up
grab
grapple
gravitate
guard
had best
haste
hasten
headshake
headshaking
heave
herd
hie
hiss
hit
hit home
hit the deck
hit the dirt
hitch
hold back
hold off
hop
hop on
hotfoot
hurl
hurry
hurrying
hurtle
hustle
impel
impress
inclination
inclining
infect
ingrain
instill
interact
interrupt
inversion
island hop
jar
jerk
jerking
jolt
jounce
journey
jump
jump off
jump on
keep
kick
kick out
kicking
kneel
kneeling
knock over
lance
land up
lapse
lateralize
launch
lay
lead
lean
leap
leave
let down
lift
linger
list
lock
locomotion
look sharp
lord it over
lower
lower oneself
lunge
lurch
luxate
make a point
make bold
make do
make out
make sure
make way
manage
maneuver
manoeuver
manoeuvre
march on
meander
mesh
migrate
migration
mill
mill about
mill around
misbehave
misconduct
misdemean
mobilise
mobilize
moil
mope
mope around
motor
mount
mount up
move
move around
move back
move back and forth
move in
move involuntarily
move on
move out
move over
move reflexively
move up
nod
offer
onward motion
open
opening
operate
oppose
outflank
overfly
overspill
overturn
pace
pan
part
participate
partner
pass
pass around
pass by
pass on
pass over
pay back
pelt along
perform
perpetrate
persist in
pierce
pitch
pitching
place
play
play it by ear
plough
plow
plow ahead
pose
posing
position
post
potter
potter around
pound
pour
prance
precede
precess
press down
presume
proceed
procession
progress
progression
propagate
propel
prosecute
prostration
pull
pull away
pull back
pulsate
pulse
pump
pursual
pursue
pursuit
push
put
put on airs
putter
putter around
quail
queen it over
quicken
quiver
quivering
race
raft
raise
raise up
rake
ramble
rampage
range
reach
reach out
reaching
react
recede
reciprocate
reciprocation
reclining
recoil
relocate
repair
repay
repeat
reposition
resort
respond
retire
retraction
retreat
retroflection
retroflexion
retrograde
return
revolve
reward
ride
riffle
rise
roam
rock
roil
roll
romance
root out
rotary motion
rotation
round
rouse
rout out
rove
ruff
ruffle
run
run off
rush
rush along
rushing
saccade
sadden
sail
saltate
sashay
satisfice
satisfise
scan
scramble
scroll
seek
seesaw
send
separate
serve
set
set about
set in motion
shack
shake
shake up
shed
shift
shifting
ship
shrink
shutting
shuttle
sidle
sift
singsong
sink
sit
sitting
ski
slant
slice into
slice through
slide
sling
slip
slippage
slither
slop
smite
snap
sneak
snowshoe
solicit
span
speed
speeding
spill
spirt
splatter
splay
split
spread
spring
spurt
squat
squatting
squeeze
squinch
squirm
stalemate
stampede
standing
start
startle
station
steal
steam
steamer
steamroll
steamroller
step
step forward
step on it
step to the fore
step up
stir
stir up
stoop
straddle
stray
streak
stream
stretch
stretch out
strike
strike a chord
strike a note
strike dumb
strike home
strike out
stroke
stumble
surpass
surprise
swan
swap
swash
sway
sweep
sweep away
sweep off
swim
swing
swinging
swoop
tactical maneuver
tactical manoeuvre
take
take back
take care
take down
take over
take part
take the air
take time by the forelock
take turns
take up
taxi
teeter
thread
throw
throw out
thrust
thump
thunder
tilt
tip over
toss
totter
touch
toy
trail
tram
tramp
transfer
translate
translation
transmigrate
transmit
transport
travel
travel along
travel by
travel purposefully
travel rapidly
traveling
travelling
tread
trip
trip the light fantastic
trip the light fantastic toe
trouble
trump
trundle
try
tug
tumble
tump over
turn
turn back
turn over
twine
twist
twitch
undulate
unroll
unseat
unwind
upending
uprise
uproot
upset
upstage
use
vacillation
vagabond
venture
vex
vibrate
vibration
volunteer
waggle
wait
walk
wallow
wamble
wander
wash
wave
waver
weave
wedge
welter
wend
wheel
whine
whirl
whirl around
whish
whisk
whistle
whoosh
wiggle
wince
wind
wind off
wind up
wing
withdraw
wobble
woo
woosh
work
worm
wrap
wrestle
wriggle
writhe
yield
zap
zigzag
zip
zoom