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move (mo̵̅o̅v)

transitive verb moved, moving mov′·ing

  1. to change the place or position of; push, carry, or pull from one place or position to another
  2. to set or keep in motion; actuate, impel, turn, stir, etc.
  3. to cause or persuade (to act, do, say, speak, etc.); prompt
  4. to arouse or stir the emotions, passions, or sympathies of
  5. to propose or suggest; esp., to propose formally, as in a meeting
  6. to cause (the bowels) to evacuate
  7. Commerce to dispose of (goods) by selling

Etymology: ME moven < Anglo-Fr mover < OFr movoir < L movere < IE base *mew-, to push away > Sans mīvati, (he) shoves

intransitive verb

  1. to change place or position; go (to some place)
  2. to change one's place of residence, business, etc.
  3. to live or be active in a specified milieu or setting to move in artistic circles
  4. to make progress; advance
  5. to take action; begin to act
    1. to be, or be set, in motion
    2. to operate in a certain fixed motion; turn, revolve, etc.: said of machines
  6. to make a formal appeal or application (for) move for a new trial
  7. to evacuate: said of the bowels
  8. Informal to start leaving; depart: often with on time to be moving on
  9. Chess, Checkers, etc.
    1. to change the position of a piece
    2. to be put in another position: said of a piece
  10. Commerce to be disposed of by sale: said of goods

noun

  1. the act of moving; a movement
  2. one of a series of actions toward some goal
  3. a change of residence, business location, etc.
  4. Chess, Checkers, etc. the act of moving or a player's turn to move
  5. Slang an action, device, trick, etc. intended to deceive; esp., in sports, a deceptive maneuver or movement
move Idioms

get a move on

Slang
  1. to start moving
  2. to hurry; go faster

move in on

Slang
  1. to draw near, with the intention of capturing
  2. to attempt to take over control of (something) from (someone)

move over

to move to another place or position, esp. an adjacent one

move up

to promote or be promoted

on the move

Informal moving about from place to place

put the moves (or a move) on

Slang to attempt to seduce by the use of deceptive tricks or devices

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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