To move is to shift your position or change where you are. It can be a little spooky to hear a sleepwalker move around a dark house at night.
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;
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
(game) a player''s turn to move a piece or take some other permitted action
Noun
the act of changing your residence or place of business; "they say that three moves equal one fire"
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
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"
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
progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"
Verb
propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
Verb
have a turn; make one''s move in a game; "Can I go now?"
Verb
give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
Verb
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
Verb
arouse sympathy or compassion in; "Her fate moved us all"
Verb
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
Verb
change location; move, travel, or proceed; "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 ni
Verb
cause to move, 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
change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another"
Verb
dispose of by selling; "The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers"
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"
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
live one''s life in a specified environment; "she moves in certain circles only"
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.
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.
v. t.
To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to
rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
v. t.
To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to
excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite,
as an emotion.
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.
v. t.
To apply to, as for aid.
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.
v. i.
To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to
move in a matter.
v. i.
To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town,
or state, to another.
v. i.
To change the place of a piece in accordance with the
rules of the game.
n.
The act of moving; a movement.
n.
The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to
another, in the progress of the game.
n.
An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the
execution of a plan or purpose.
Move
Minds desirous of revenge were not moved with gold.
No female arts his mind could move.4.
When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them.
[The use of images] in orations and poetry is to move pity or terror.5.
Let me but move one question to your daughter.
They are to be blamed alike who move and who decline war upon particular respects.6.
Move
The foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
On the green bank I sat and listened long, ... Nor till her lay was ended could I move.2.
Move
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;
To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another;
The act of moving; a movement.
Usage Examples
Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.
Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus.
Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn.
Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that anyone can make it.
Any form of art is a form of power it has impact, it can affect change - it can not only move us, it makes us move.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
All those years of skating and dancing have carried over. I can't design anything without thinking of how a woman's body will look and move when she's wearing it.
A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you have to take out of education: the fear of worrying about what marks you'll get, detention, worrying about letting people down, your parents, teachers.
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Other Usage ExamplesAll experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever and for ever when I move.
And we're seeing a higher level of consciousness and many more opportunities for people to challenge their present ways of thinking and move into a grander and larger experience of who they really are.
All my graduation money went to paying for bartending classes so I could have a side gig. I bartended for two months before I was supposed to move to New York and then two months later I got the job as an understudy in 'Sister Act' and haven't looked back since.
And I believe that if we can care about whether or not our neighbor has a good job or access to affordable health care for their children, and we move to implement the policies that can improve these situations, we will unleash vast amounts of human potential and recapture the American spirit.
And if the imam and the Muslim leadership in that community is so intent on building bridges, then they should voluntarily move the mosque away from ground zero and move it whether it's uptown or somewhere else, but move it away from that area, the same as the pope directed the Carmelite nuns to move a convent away from Auschwitz.
And I think if you look at any relationship, for the relationship to be productive and to move forward and to grow, sometimes things have to be said that one person or the other person is not going to like to hear.
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
'Snow White' is an old fairy tale, so obviously the idea of vanity and obsession with youth is long-standing. With today's science, people have become crazy with trying to move their face around. It's bizarre.
Acting is a sense of wonder and magic and mystery for me and when life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward.
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