Definition of moves Moves
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- moves (Noun)
Plural of move. - moves (Noun)
A good ability to dance.
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| move - the act of changing your residence or place of business; "they say that three moves equal one fire" | ||
| relocation | ||
| change the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" | ||
| flit a secret move (to avoid paying debts); "they did a moonlight flit" | ||
| move - the act of deciding to do something; "he didn't make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer" | ||
| decision, determination, conclusion the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly" | ||
| demarche a move or step or maneuver in political or diplomatic affairs | ||
| move - (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game | ||
| turn, play taking a short walk out and back; "we took a turn in the park" | ||
| game an amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games" | ||
| move - 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" | ||
| motion, movement, motility | ||
| change the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" | ||
| abduction (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body | ||
| adduction (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body | ||
| agitation the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously) | ||
| body english a motion of the body by a player as if to make an object already propelled go in the desired direction | ||
| circumduction a circular movement of a limb or eye | ||
| disturbance the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion | ||
| fetal movement, foetal movement motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy) | ||
| flit, dart a secret move (to avoid paying debts); "they did a moonlight flit" | ||
| gesture motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling | ||
| headshake, headshaking the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement; "I could tell from their headshakes that they didn't believe me" | ||
| inclining, inclination the act of inclining; bending forward; "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement" | ||
| everting, eversion, inversion the position of being turned outward; "the eversion of the foot" | ||
| upending, inversion the act of turning inside out | ||
| jerking, jolt, saccade, jerk a sudden jarring impact; "the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers" | ||
| kicking, kick the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent" | ||
| kneel, kneeling supporting yourself on your knees | ||
| pitching, lurch, pitch (baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team | ||
| eye movement the movement of the eyes | ||
| opening the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door" | ||
| prostration the act of assuming a prostrate position | ||
| reaching, reach, stretch the act of physically reaching or thrusting out | ||
| reciprocation alternating back-and-forth movement | ||
| reclining the act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position | ||
| retraction the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back; "the retraction of the landing gear"; "retraction of the foreskin" | ||
| retroflection, retroflexion the act of bending backward | ||
| rotary motion, rotation the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music" | ||
| shutting, closing the act of closing something | ||
| sitting the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; "he read the mystery at one sitting" | ||
| posing, sitting the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; "he read the mystery at one sitting" | ||
| snap the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand; "he gave his fingers a snap" | ||
| squatting, squat the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels | ||
| sweep a movement in an arc; "a sweep of his arm" | ||
| toss an abrupt movement; "a toss of his head" | ||
| quivering, quiver, vibration case for holding arrows | ||
| wave a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon; "a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves" | ||
| flicker, waver, flutter North American woodpecker | ||
| standing the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position | ||
| straddle, span the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options | ||
| stroke a light touch with the hands | ||
| squirm, wiggle, wriggle the act of wiggling | ||
| move - 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" | ||
| motion, movement | ||
| change the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" | ||
| approaching, coming, approach the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" | ||
| forward motion, onward motion, advancement, procession, progress, progression, advance gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts" | ||
| locomotion, travel self-propelled movement | ||
| lunge, lurch (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward | ||
| traveling, travelling, travel the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel" | ||
| pursual, following, chase, pursuit a group of followers or enthusiasts | ||
| ascending, ascent, ascension, rise an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" | ||
| descent the act of changing your location in a downward direction | ||
| swinging, vacillation, swing changing location by moving back and forth | ||
| return a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party" | ||
| glide, coast, slide the activity of flying a glider | ||
| slippage failing to hold or slipping out of place; "the knots allowed no slippage" | ||
| stream, flow dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history" | ||
| crawl a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep" | ||
| hurrying, speeding, speed changing location rapidly | ||
| displacement, translation act of removing from office or employment | ||
| shifting, shift the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class" | ||
| rushing, haste, hurry, rush the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" | ||
| maneuver, manoeuvre, play an action aimed at evading an opponent | ||
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| move - 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" | ||
| displace | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
| mobilise, mobilize, circulate cause to move around; "circulate a rumor" | ||
| relocate move or establish in a new location; "We had to relocate the office because the rent was too high" | ||
| luxate, dislocate, splay, slip put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives" | ||
| translate change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil" | ||
| station, send, post, place assign to a station | ||
| raise up, commove, stir up, disturb, vex, agitate, shake up damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!" | ||
| channel, channelise, channelize, transmit, transport, transfer direct the flow of; "channel information towards a broad audience" | ||
| funnel move or pour through a funnel; "funnel the liquid into the small bottle" | ||
| brandish, flourish, wave move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun" | ||
| force, pull, draw impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him" | ||
| transport, carry move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" | ||
| tug struggle in opposition; "She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts" | ||
| disarrange disturb the arrangement of; "disarrange the papers" | ||
| position, lay, pose, put, place, set cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation | ||
| mesh, operate, lock, engage work together in harmony | ||
| impel, propel urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate | ||
| set in motion, launch smoothen the surface of; "launch plaster" | ||
| twine, wrap, wind, roll make by twisting together or intertwining; "twine a rope" | ||
| wind off, unroll, unwind reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn" | ||
| wedge, force, squeeze squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner" | ||
| work arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times" | ||
| disgorge, shed, spill cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring" | ||
| splatter, slop, spill feed pigs | ||
| unseat dislodge from one's seat, as from a horse | ||
| disunite, part, divide, separate perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?" | ||
| deracinate, root out, extirpate, uproot surgically remove (an organ) | ||
| press down, depress press down; "Depress the space key" | ||
| lift remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table" | ||
| riffle, flick, ruffle shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix | ||
| locomote, travel, move, go 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" | ||
| work arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times" | ||
| take back cause someone to remember the past; "This photo takes me back to the good old days" | ||
| centre, center move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered" | ||
| pump question persistently; "She pumped the witnesses for information" | ||
| scan read metrically; "scan verses" | ||
| bump around, jar, shake up place in a cylindrical vessel; "jar the jam" | ||
| dandle pet; "the grandfather dandled the small child" | ||
| revolve, roll turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire" | ||
| force, push impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him" | ||
| rock, sway move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet" | ||
| fluctuate be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates" | ||
| pulse produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses; "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube" | ||
| reposition, dislodge, shift place into another position | ||
| glide move smoothly and effortlessly | ||
| stir mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough" | ||
| play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
| knock over, bowl over, tip over, tump over, overturn, upset, turn over turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over" | ||
| ship, transport, send place on board a ship; "ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel" | ||
| send, direct transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia" | ||
| transport move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" | ||
| saltate leap or skip, often in dancing; "These fish swim with a saltating motion" | ||
| let down, take down, lower, bring down, get down reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" | ||
| lift, raise remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table" | ||
| elevate, bring up, get up, lift, raise cause to come to a sudden stop; "The noise brought her up in shock" | ||
| drop give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this morning" | ||
| sink descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" | ||
| bring forward, advance rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today" | ||
| chase away, drive away, drive off, dispel, drive out, turn back, run off force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" | ||
| transfer, shift transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" | ||
| displace cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| herd, crowd move together, like a herd | ||
| circulate cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" | ||
| pass around, pass on, circulate, distribute give to or transfer possession of; "She passed the family jewels on to her daughter-in-law" | ||
| drive out, rout out, rouse, force out force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." | ||
| drive move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" | ||
| race, rush compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first" | ||
| woosh, whoosh move with a sibilant sound; "He whooshed the doors open" | ||
| pour move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" | ||
| slip insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand" | ||
| bring outside, exteriorize make external or objective, or give reality to; "language externalizes our thoughts" | ||
| upstage steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress" | ||
| swing alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down" | ||
| turn over, turn do business worth a certain amount of money; "The company turns over ten million dollars a year" | ||
| turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" | ||
| turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" | ||
| slide move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler" | ||
| run become undone; "the sweater unraveled" | ||
| whistle utter or express by whistling; "She whistled a melody" | ||
| flap, beat pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds | ||
| singsong speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong | ||
| hustle pressure or urge someone into an action | ||
| wash to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; "The cat washes several times a day" | ||
| rake gather with a rake; "rake leaves" | ||
| blow exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down" | ||
| drag proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours" | ||
| pull, draw strain abnormally; "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"; "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition" | ||
| lateralize move or displace to one side so as to make lateral | ||
| translate change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil" | ||
| hit, strike pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars" | ||
| sling hurl as if with a sling | ||
| change hands, change owners be transferred to another owner; "This restaurant changed hands twice last year" | ||
| transfer transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" | ||
| kick out, expel, throw out force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country" | ||
| move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" | ||
| stand still remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile; "Traffic stood still when the funeral procession passed by" | ||
| move over, ease up, give way, yield, give move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd" | ||
| move involuntarily, move reflexively move in an uncontrolled manner | ||
| quicken show signs of life; "the fetus quickened" | ||
| stretch out, stretch extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head" | ||
| click, flick, snap become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow" | ||
| flex, bend cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" | ||
| propagate, spread multiply sexually or asexually | ||
| reach out, reach attempt to communicate; "I try to reach out to my daughter but she doesn't want to have anything to do with me" | ||
| potter around, putter around, potter, putter work lightly; "The old lady is pottering around in the garden" | ||
| trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dance move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio" | ||
| drop back take position in the rear, as in a military formation or in the line of scrimmage in football; "The defender dropped back behind his teammate" | ||
| hit the deck, hit the dirt fall or drop suddenly, usually to evade some danger; "The soldiers hit the dirt when they heard gunfire" | ||
| gravitate move due to the pull of gravitation; "The stars gravitate towards each other" | ||
| fly change quickly from one emotional state to another; "fly into a rage" | ||
| move over, ease up, give way, yield, give move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd" | ||
| cut to move to another scene when filming; "The camera cut to the sky" | ||
| lurch, pitch, shift defeat by a lurch | ||
| jolt, jar disturb (someone's) composure; "The audience was jolted by the play" | ||
| duck to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him" | ||
| bob cut hair in the style of a bob; "Bernice bobs her hair these days!" | ||
| welter, wallow be immersed in; "welter in work" | ||
| squirm, worm, wriggle, writhe, wrestle, twist to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace" | ||
| coggle, wobble move unsteadily; "His knees wobbled"; "The old cart wobbled down the street" | ||
| sidle, sashay move sideways | ||
| sidle move sideways | ||
| sail, sweep traverse or travel on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone" | ||
| brush, sweep remove with or as if with a brush; "brush away the crumbs"; "brush the dust from the jacket"; "brush aside the objections" | ||
| wamble, waggle move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion | ||
| chop hit sharply | ||
| reciprocate alternate the direction of motion of; "the engine reciprocates the propeller" | ||
| move back and forth move in one direction and then into the opposite direction | ||
| nod be almost asleep; "The old man sat nodding by the fireplace" | ||
| pulsate, quiver, beat expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it" | ||
| thump, pound, beat hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist" | ||
| teeter, seesaw, totter move unsteadily, with a rocking motion | ||
| buck, hitch, jerk jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked" | ||
| cant, cant over, slant, tilt, pitch heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting" | ||
| careen, wobble, tilt, shift move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control" | ||
| churn, roil, moil, boil stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter | ||
| steal, slip steal a base | ||
| agitate, shake change the arrangement or position of | ||
| vibrate shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner | ||
| jerk, twitch throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head" | ||
| twitch, flip make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion; "his face is twitching" | ||
| click, snap become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow" | ||
| budge, agitate, stir, shift change the arrangement or position of | ||
| arouse, stir call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" | ||
| dance move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio" | ||
| stumble, trip make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name" | ||
| falter, waver move hesitatingly, as if about to give way | ||
| undulate, wave, flap, roll increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves; "The singer's voice undulated" | ||
| mill about, mill around, mill grind with a mill; "mill grain" | ||
| turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" | ||
| startle, start, jump to stimulate to action ; "..startled him awake"; "galvanized into action" | ||
| mope around, mope be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed | ||
| bestride, climb on, hop on, jump on, mount up, get on, mount get up on the back of; "mount a horse" | ||
| climb improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder" | ||
| strike out set out on a course of action; "He struck out on his own" | ||
| bound, leap, spring, jump form the boundary of; be contiguous to | ||
| bolt make or roll into bolts; "bolt fabric" | ||
| get down take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" | ||
| assume, take up, strike, take take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables" | ||
| seesaw move up and down as if on a seesaw | ||
| exit, go out, get out, leave lose the lead | ||
| part, split, separate divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff" | ||
| diverge move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here" | ||
| lean, list rely on for support; "We can lean on this man" | ||
| whirl around, whirl, tumble fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air" | ||
| come together, close finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead; "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning" | ||
| bustle, bustle about, hustle move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance" | ||
| fidget move restlessly; "The child is always fidgeting in his seat" | ||
| dawdle, linger take one's time; proceed slowly | ||
| flinch, funk, quail, cringe, wince, squinch, recoil, shrink draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" | ||
| lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust make a thrusting forward movement | ||
| swoop seize or catch with a swooping motion | ||
| flux, flow cover or swamp with water | ||
| course, flow, feed, run hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares" | ||
| flurry move in an agitated or confused manner | ||
| streak run naked in a public place | ||
| heave bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave" | ||
| crash stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week" | ||
| thunder utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared" | ||
| snap break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The pipe snapped" | ||
| flap, beat pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds | ||
| fling throw with force or recklessness; "fling the frisbee" | ||
| hop travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.; "She hopped a train to Chicago"; "He hopped rides all over the country" | ||
| turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" | ||
| dodge make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid; "The child dodged the teacher's blow" | ||
| dodge make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid; "The child dodged the teacher's blow" | ||
| throw throw (a die) out onto a flat surface; "Throw a six" | ||
| make way get out of the way; "make way for the President's motorcade" | ||
| dance move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio" | ||
| grab capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination" | ||
| cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" | ||
| close finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead; "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning" | ||
| jump off, leap, jump set off quickly, usually with success; "The freshman jumped off to a good start in his math class" | ||
| slip insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand" | ||
| move - have a turn; make one's move in a game; "Can I go now?" | ||
| go | ||
| make a motion, move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
| play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
| bluff out, bluff frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is | ||
| stalemate subject to a stalemate | ||
| castle move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king | ||
| serve put the ball into play; "It was Agassi's turn to serve" | ||
| open make available; "This opens up new possibilities" | ||
| cast, draw form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold; "cast a bronze sculpture" | ||
| ruff, trump proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare | ||
| maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, operate act in order to achieve a certain goal; "He maneuvered to get the chairmanship"; "She maneuvered herself into the directorship" | ||
| check make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" | ||
| move - change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another" | ||
| stay put, stick around, stay, stick stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week" | ||
| relocate move or establish in a new location; "We had to relocate the office because the rent was too high" | ||
| move in move into a new house or office | ||
| move out move out of one's old house or office | ||
| evacuate excrete or discharge from the body | ||
| migrate, transmigrate move from one country or region to another and settle there; "Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century"; "This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries" | ||
| migrate move from one country or region to another and settle there; "Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century"; "This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries" | ||
| move - go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
| vary, alter, change make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu" | ||
| step move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation; "She stepped into a life of luxury"; "he won't step into his father's footsteps" | ||
| scroll move through text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen; "Scroll down to see the entire text" | ||
| lapse, sink, pass drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards | ||
| move - propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting | ||
| make a motion | ||
| advise, propose, suggest inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due" | ||
| move - progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting" | ||
| go, run | ||
| change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | ||
| move - arouse sympathy or compassion in; "Her fate moved us all" | ||
| affect, impress, move, strike act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate" | ||
| motivate, actuate, propel, incite, prompt, move give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" | ||
| move - dispose of by selling; "The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers" | ||
| sell persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers" | ||
| move - live one's life in a specified environment; "she moves in certain circles only" | ||
| live lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war" | ||
| move - 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" | ||
| travel, go, locomote | ||
| stay in place be stationary | ||
| displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| march on, move on, progress, go on, pass on, advance develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" | ||
| move out move out of one's old house or office | ||
| move back, pull away, draw back, recede, retreat, pull back, retire, withdraw become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older" | ||
| climb up, climb, go up, mount improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder" | ||
| elapse, glide by, slide by, slip by, slip away, go along, go by, lapse, pass pass by; "three years elapsed" | ||
| abscond, absquatulate, make off, decamp, go off, bolt, run off run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe" | ||
| go out become extinguished; "The lights suddenly went out and we were in the dark" | ||
| pass by, travel by, go past, go by, surpass, pass move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" | ||
| move up, arise, go up, uprise, come up, rise, lift result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion" | ||
| go under, go down, sink, settle be defeated; "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too" | ||
| go under, go down, set be defeated; "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too" | ||
| descend, come down, go down, fall move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" | ||
| carry on, go on, proceed, continue start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went on"; "the computer came up" | ||
| go around, circulate, spread become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" | ||
| go around, circulate, spread become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" | ||
| carry continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces" | ||
| ease move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair" | ||
| whish move with a whishing sound; "The car whished past her" | ||
| float convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data" | ||
| swap move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science | ||
| seek inquire for; "seek directions from a local" | ||
| whine complain whiningly | ||
| fly change quickly from one emotional state to another; "fly into a rage" | ||
| ride copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" | ||
| come come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" | ||
| ghost write for someone else; "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?" | ||
| betake oneself displace oneself; go from one location to another | ||
| overfly, pass over fly over; "The plane passed over Damascus" | ||
| travel 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" | ||
| wend direct one's course or way; "wend your way through the crowds" | ||
| do create or design, often in a certain way; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest" | ||
| raft make into a raft; "raft these logs" | ||
| get about, get around move around; move from place to place; "How does she get around without a car?" | ||
| resort, repair restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" | ||
| cruise sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing; "We were cruising in the Caribbean" | ||
| journey, travel 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" | ||
| come up, come bring forth, usually something desirable; "The committee came up with some interesting recommendations" | ||
| round become round, plump, or shapely; "The young woman is fleshing out" | ||
| trundle move heavily; "the streetcar trundled down the avenue" | ||
| push press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action; "He pushed her to finish her doctorate" | ||
| travel purposefully travel volitionally and in a certain direction with a certain goal | ||
| swing alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down" | ||
| rove, vagabond, roam, ramble, swan, stray, tramp, wander, range, drift, cast, roll sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains" | ||
| take the air, walk obtain a base on balls | ||
| meander, weave, thread, wander, wind interlace by or as if by weaving | ||
| spirt, spurt, forge gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth" | ||
| creep, crawl grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface); "ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings" | ||
| scramble make unintelligible; "scramble the message so that nobody can understand it" | ||
| slither, slide to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate" | ||
| wheel, roll move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds" | ||
| glide move smoothly and effortlessly | ||
| jounce, bounce hit something so that it bounces; "bounce a ball" | ||
| breeze to proceed quickly and easily | ||
| be adrift, float, drift, blow convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data" | ||
| play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
| swim, float move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives" | ||
| swim move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives" | ||
| walk obtain a base on balls | ||
| move around, turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" | ||
| circle travel around something; "circle the globe" | ||
| slice into, slice through move through a body or an object with a slicing motion; "His hand sliced through the air" | ||
| err, stray, drift to make a mistake or be incorrect | ||
| run become undone; "the sweater unraveled" | ||
| step move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation; "She stepped into a life of luxury"; "he won't step into his father's footsteps" | ||
| motor, drive move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" | ||
| automobile travel in an automobile | ||
| ski move along on skis; "We love to ski the Rockies"; "My children don't ski" | ||
| wing, fly change quickly from one emotional state to another; "fly into a rage" | ||
| steamer, steam travel by means of steam power; "The ship steamed off into the Pacific" | ||
| tram travel by tram | ||
| taxi travel slowly; "The plane taxied down the runway" | ||
| ferry travel by ferry | ||
| caravan travel in a caravan | ||
| sit, ride serve in a specific professional capacity; "the priest sat for confession"; "she sat on the jury" | ||
| prance ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward | ||
| swim move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives" | ||
| move up, arise, go up, uprise, come up, rise, lift result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion" | ||
| go up, ascend be erected, built, or constructed; "New buildings are going up everywhere" | ||
| descend, come down, go down, fall move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" | ||
| fall pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work" | ||
| zigzag, crank travel along a zigzag path; "The river zigzags through the countryside" | ||
| travel along, follow behave in accordance or in agreement with; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example" | ||
| march on, move on, progress, go on, pass on, advance develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" | ||
| move back, pull away, draw back, recede, retreat, pull back, retire, withdraw become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older" | ||
| retrograde go back over; "retrograde arguments" | ||
| go forward, proceed, continue follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?" | ||
| back strengthen by providing with a back or backing | ||
| pan express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance" | ||
| follow behave in accordance or in agreement with; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example" | ||
| precede, lead furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution" | ||
| pursue, follow follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life" | ||
| return submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body" | ||
| derail, jump run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks" | ||
| flock move as a crowd or in a group; "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears" | ||
| accompany go or travel along with; "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere" | ||
| billow rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward" | ||
| circulate cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" | ||
| circle, circulate travel around something; "circle the globe" | ||
| angle fish with a hook | ||
| go across, go through, pass travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks" | ||
| pass by, travel by, go past, go by, surpass, pass move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" | ||
| travel rapidly, zip, hurry, speed move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed" | ||
| speed travel at an excessive or illegal velocity; "I got a ticket for speeding" | ||
| zoom move along very quickly | ||
| drive move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" | ||
| belt along, rush along, pelt along, hotfoot, hie, cannonball along, bucket along, step on it, hasten, race, speed, rush compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first" | ||
| shack, trail drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her" | ||
| shuttle travel back and forth between two points | ||
| whoosh, hiss gush or squirt out; "Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well" | ||
| whisk whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs" | ||
| career move headlong at high speed; "The cars careered down the road"; "The mob careered through the streets" | ||
| circuit make a circuit; "They were circuiting about the state" | ||
| lance open by piercing with a lancet; "lance a boil" | ||
| outflank, go around go around the flank of (an opposing army) | ||
| propagate multiply sexually or asexually | ||
| draw cause to localize at one point; "Draw blood and pus" | ||
| transfer, change transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" | ||
| swash make violent, noisy movements | ||
| pace measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards" | ||
| tread, step brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center | ||
| step move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation; "She stepped into a life of luxury"; "he won't step into his father's footsteps" | ||
| hurtle move with or as if with a rushing sound; "The cars hurtled by" | ||
| retreat make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns" | ||
| whistle utter or express by whistling; "She whistled a melody" | ||
| island hop travel from one island to the next; "on the cruise, we did some island-hopping" | ||
| plough, plow to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring" | ||
| lurch defeat by a lurch | ||
| sift separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour" | ||
| fall pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work" | ||
| drag proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours" | ||
| run become undone; "the sweater unraveled" | ||
| bang move noisily; "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged around the house" | ||
| precess move in a gyrating fashion; "the poles of the Earth precess at a right angle to the force that is applied" | ||
| move around, travel 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" | ||
| ride copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" | ||
| snowshoe travel on snowshoes; "After a heavy snowfall, we have to snowshoe to the grocery store" | ||
| beetle beat with a beetle | ||
| move - 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" | ||
| act | ||
| forbear, refrain refrain from doing; "she forbore a snicker" | ||
| follow up on, act on, pursue regulate one's behavior in accordance with certain information, ideas, or advice; "The Founding Fathers acted on certain moral principles" | ||
| act up, carry on make itself felt as a recurring pain; "My arthritis is acting up again" | ||
| act upon, influence, work have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate" | ||
| take turns, alternate do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift" | ||
| end up, fetch up, finish up, land up, wind up, finish finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again" | ||
| festinate, look sharp, hurry, hasten, rush urge to an unnatural speed; "Don't rush me, please!" | ||
| interrupt, disturb terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty" | ||
| react, respond undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions; "The hydrogen and the oxygen react" | ||
| go ahead, plow ahead proceed (with a plan of action); "He went ahead with the project" | ||
| aggress, attack begin to injure; "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal" | ||
| force impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him" | ||
| create create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" | ||
| come forward, come to the fore, step forward, step to the fore, step up, come out make oneself visible; take action; "Young people should step to the fore and help their peers" | ||
| pay back, reward, repay take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him" | ||
| satisfice, satisfise decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal; "optimization requires processes that are more complex than those needed to merely satisfice" | ||
| maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre act in order to achieve a certain goal; "He maneuvered to get the chairmanship"; "She maneuvered herself into the directorship" | ||
| dispatch kill without delay; "the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators" | ||
| evade use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid; "The con man always evades" | ||
| race compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first" | ||
| use use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions" | ||
| play it by ear decide on one's actions as one goes along, depending on the situation; "She didn't know what to expect from her new job, so she played it by ear" | ||
| play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
| deal do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" | ||
| partner provide with a partner | ||
| exert put to use; "exert one's power or influence" | ||
| egotrip act in a way that attracts attention; "This teacher always egotrips and the students don't like him" | ||
| reciprocate alternate the direction of motion of; "the engine reciprocates the propeller" | ||
| proceed, move, go follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?" | ||
| come close nearly do something; "She came close to quitting her job" | ||
| perform carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" | ||
| make bold, dare, presume take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission; "How dare you call my lawyer?" | ||
| prosecute, pursue, engage carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion" | ||
| act on regulate one's behavior in accordance with certain information, ideas, or advice; "The Founding Fathers acted on certain moral principles" | ||
| interact act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues" | ||
| react, oppose undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions; "The hydrogen and the oxygen react" | ||
| take time by the forelock act quickly and decisively; not let slip an opportunity | ||
| coact act together, as of organisms | ||
| volunteer, offer tell voluntarily; "He volunteered the information" | ||
| get around to do something despite obstacles such as lack of time; "He finally got around to painting the windows" | ||
| flirt, toy, dally, play manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate" | ||
| go about, set about, approach begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project" | ||
| take part, participate share in something | ||
| misbehave, misdemean, misconduct behave badly; "The children misbehaved all morning" | ||
| lower oneself, condescend, stoop debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail" | ||
| acquit, comport, behave, deport, conduct, bear, carry pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges" | ||
| comport, behave behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" | ||
| assay, attempt, essay, seek, try analyze (chemical substances) | ||
| woo, court, romance, solicit make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary" | ||
| court engage in social activities leading to marriage; "We were courting for over ten years" | ||
| dare to be courageous enough to try or do something; "I don't dare call him", "she dares to dress differently from the others" | ||
| effect produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave" | ||
| antagonise, antagonize, counteract provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss" | ||
| counter, forestall, foresee, anticipate speak in response; "He countered with some very persuasive arguments" | ||
| prosecute carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion" | ||
| perpetrate, commit, pull perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery" | ||
| rampage act violently, recklessly, or destructively | ||
| cope, make do, grapple, get by, contend, manage, make out, deal come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" | ||
| deign, condescend, descend debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail" | ||
| condescend debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail" | ||
| take care be in charge of or deal with; "She takes care of all the necessary arrangements" | ||
| act superior, lord it over, put on airs, queen it over act like the master of; "He is lording it over the students" | ||
| stampede run away in a stampede | ||
| make a point, make sure make a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally | ||
| repeat, take over to say again or imitate; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders" | ||
| surprise cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me" | ||
| sneak to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" | ||
| play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
| take ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors" | ||
| guard watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my possessions while I'm away" | ||
| begin, start set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life" | ||
| go off at half-cock, go off half-cocked act prematurely or without reflection or too soon; "she wanted to quit her job but her mother told her not to go off half-cocked" | ||
| hold off, wait, hold back resist and fight to a standoff; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off" | ||
| go along, go on, proceed, continue, keep start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went on"; "the computer came up" | ||
| do well, had best act in one's own or everybody's best interest; "You will do well to arrive on time tomorrow!" | ||
| continue exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks" | ||
| persist in, continue exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks" | ||
| move - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" | ||
| affect, impress, strike | ||
| come to, hit, strike return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection" | ||
| experience, feel go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" | ||
| infect contaminate with a disease or microorganism | ||
| surprise cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me" | ||
| ingrain, instill, impress thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt" | ||
| awaken cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." | ||
| motivate, actuate, propel, incite, prompt, move give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" | ||
| engrave carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name" | ||
| strike dumb render speechless, as by surprising or shocking; "we were struck dumb by the candidate's announcement" | ||
| zap kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens" | ||
| jar place in a cylindrical vessel; "jar the jam" | ||
| hit home, strike a note, strike home, strike a chord refer to or be relevant or familiar to; "I hope this message hits home!" | ||
| smite inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon | ||
| cloud make milky or dull; "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added" | ||
| pierce make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh" | ||
| impress dye (fabric) before it is spun | ||
| sweep off, sweep away overwhelm emotionally; "Her swept her away" | ||
| disturb, trouble, upset damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!" | ||
| stir, touch mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough" | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
| sadden make unhappy; "The news of her death saddened me" | ||
| alienate make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees" | ||
| move - give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" | ||
| motivate, actuate, propel, prompt, incite | ||
| affect, impress, move, strike act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate" | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
| cause, do, make give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" | ||
| move - 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" | ||
| go, proceed | ||
| act, move behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" | ||
| work arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times" | ||
| embark, venture set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career" | ||
| steamroll, steamroller make level or flat with a steamroller; "steamroll the roads" | ||
| move - be in a state of action; "she is always moving" | ||
| be active | ||
| rest be at rest | ||
| bestir, rouse become active; "He finally bestirred himself" | ||
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Wiktionary
- move (Noun)
The act of moving; a movement. - move (Noun)
An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose. - move (Noun)
A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc. - move (Noun)
The event of changing one's residence. - move (Noun)
A change in strategy. - move (Noun)
The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game. - move (Verb)
To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another. - move (Verb)
To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter. - move (Verb)
To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in . - move (Verb)
To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game. - move (Verb)
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. - move (Verb)
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. - move (Verb)
To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence. - move (Verb)
To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite, as an emotion. - move (Verb)
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. - move (Verb)
To mention; to raise a question; to suggest a course of action; to lodge a complaint. - move (Verb)
To incite, urge someone to do something; to solicit someone for or of an issue; to make a proposal to. - move (Verb)
To apply to, as for aid.
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- move (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. - move (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. - move (v. t.)
To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence. - move (v. t.)
To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion. - move (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. - move (v. t.)
To apply to, as for aid. - move (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. - move (v. i.)
To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter. - move (v. i.)
To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another. - move (v. i.)
To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game. - move (n.)
The act of moving; a movement. - move (n.)
The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game. - move (n.)
An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
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To change the location of an object. -
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To change house, to move themselves to an other room. -
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(game) A player's turn to move a piece or take some other permitted action. -
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To have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.
