Move Definition

mo͝ov
moved, moves, moving
verb
moved, moves, moving
To set or keep in motion; actuate, impel, turn, stir, etc.
Webster's New World
To stir the emotions.
Words that have the power to move.
American Heritage
To cause or persuade (to act, do, say, speak, etc.); prompt.
Webster's New World
To change the place or position of; push, carry, or pull from one place or position to another.
Webster's New World
To be disposed of by sale.
Webster's New World
noun
moves
One of a series of actions toward some goal.
Webster's New World
The act or an instance of moving.
American Heritage
A change of residence, business location, etc.
Webster's New World
A particular manner of moving.
Made some intricate moves on the dance floor.
American Heritage
An action, device, trick, etc. intended to deceive; esp., in sports, a deceptive maneuver or movement.
Webster's New World
idiom
get a move on
  • To get started; get going.
American Heritage
move in on
  • To make intrusive advances toward; intrude on.
  • To attempt to seize control of:

    moving in on their territory.

American Heritage
on the move
  • Busily moving about; active:

    A nurse is on the move all day.

  • Going from one place to another:

    troops on the move.

American Heritage
get a move on
  • to start moving
  • to hurry; go faster
Webster's New World
move in
  • to take up residence
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Move

Noun

Singular:
move
Plural:
moves

Origin of Move

  • From Middle English moven, moeven, meven, from Anglo-Norman mover, moveir and Old French mouver, moveir (“to move") (compare modern French mouvoir from Old French movoir), from Latin movÄ“re, present active infinitive of moveō (“move; change, exchange, go in or out, quit"), from Proto-Indo-European *meue-, *(a)mewǝ-, *mwō- (“to move, drive"). Cognate with Lithuanian mauti (“to push on, rush"), Sanskrit [script?] (mÄ«vati, “pushes, presses, moves"), Middle Dutch mouwe (“sleeve"). More at muff.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English moven from Old French movoir from Latin movēre meuə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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