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moved

Variant of move

transitive verb moved, moving

  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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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