move

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To change in position from one point to another: moved away from the window.
2. v. To progress in sequence; go forward: a novel that moves slowly.
3. v. To follow a specified course: Earth moves around the sun.
4. v. To progress toward a particular state or condition: moving up in the company; moved into the lead.
5. v. To go from one residence or location to another; relocate.
6. v. To start off; depart.
7. v. To be disposed of by sale: Woolens move slowly in the summer.
8. v. To change posture or position; stir: was afraid to move.
9. v. Games To change the position of a piece in a board game.
10. v. To be put in motion or to turn according to a prescribed motion. Used of machinery.
11. v. To exhibit great activity or energy.
12. v. To initiate an action; act.
13. v. To be active in a particular environment: moves in diplomatic circles.
14. v. To stir the emotions: words that have the power to move.
15. v. To make a formal motion in parliamentary procedure: move for an adjournment.
16. v. To evacuate. Used of the bowels.
17. v. To change the place or position of: moved her office; could not move his arm.
18. v. To cause to go from one place to another: moved the crowd away.
19. v. Games To change (a piece) from one position to another in a board game: moved a pawn.
20. v. To change the course of: moved the discussion to other matters.
21. v. To dislodge from a fixed point of view, as by persuasion: "Speak to him, ladies, see if you can move him” ( Shakespeare).
22. v. To prompt to an action; rouse: Anger moved her to speak out.
23. v. To set or keep in motion.
24. v. To cause to function.
25. v. To cause to progress or advance.
26. v. To arouse the emotions of; affect.
27. v. To excite or provoke to the expression of an emotion: The film moved me to tears. See Synonyms at affect¹.
28. v. To propose or request in formal parliamentary procedure: moved that a vote be taken.
29. v. To make formal application to (a court, for example).
30. v. To dispose of by sale: moved the new merchandise quickly.
31. v. To cause (the bowels) to evacuate.
32. n. The act or an instance of moving.
33. n. A particular manner of moving: made some intricate moves on the dance floor.
34. n. A change of residence or location.
35. n. Games An act of transferring a piece from one position to another in board games.
36. n. Games The prescribed manner in which a piece may be played.
37. n. Games A participant's turn to make a play.
38. n. An action taken to achieve an objective; a maneuver: a move to halt the arms race.
39. move in To begin to occupy a residence or place of business.
40. idiom. get a move on Informal To get started; get going.
41. idiom. move in on To make intrusive advances toward; intrude on.
42. idiom. move in on To attempt to seize control of: moving in on their territory.
43. idiom. on the move Busily moving about; active: A nurse is on the move all day.
44. idiom. on the move Going from one place to another: troops on the move.
45. idiom. on the move Making progress; advancing: a technology that is clearly on the move.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To cause to change place or posture in any manner or by any means; carry, convey, or draw from one place to another; set in motion; stir; impel: as, the wind moves a ship; the servant moved the furniture. Specifically, in ches, draughts, and some similar games, to change the position of (a piece) in the course of play: as, to move the queen's bishop.
2. To excite to action; influence; induce; incite; arouse; awaken, as the senses or the mental faculties or emotions.
3. To rouse or excite the feelings of; provoke; stir up: used either absolutely or with a phrase or preposition to indicate the nature of the feelings roused: as, he was moved with or to anger or compassion. Used absolutely: To affect with anger; irritate.
4. To affect with tender feelings; touch.
5. To agitate or influence by persuasion or rhetorical art.
6. To propose; bring forward; offer formally; submit, as a motion for consideration by a deliberative assembly: now used only in such phrases as to move a resolution, or to move that a proposal be agreed to.
7. To submit a question, motion, or formal proposal to.
8. To address one's self to; call upon; apply to; speak to about an affair.
9. To complete the course of.
10. To cause to act or operate: as, to move the bowels. Synonyms To influence, actuate, persuade, prompt, incite, induce, incline, instigate.
11. To pass from place to place; change position, continuously or occasionally: as, the earth moves round the sun.
12. To advance as in a course of development or progress.
13. To change one's place or posture consciously, or by direct personal effort: often in a specified direction from or to an indicated place.
14. To walk; proceed; march.
15. To carry one's self, with reference to demeanor, port, or gait: as, to move with dignity and grace.
16. To change residence: as, we move next week.
17. To take action; begin to act; act.
18. In chess, draughts, and some similar games, to change the position of a piece in the course of play: as, whose turn is it to move?
19. To bow or lift the hat; salute.
20. In music, of a voice or voice-part, to progress from one pitch to another; pass from tone to tone.
21. n. A change of position or relation. Specifically, in chess, draughts, etc.:
22. n. The right or turn to move a piece: as, it is my move now.
23. n. A proceeding; a course of action: as, he hoped by that move to disconcert, his opponents.
24. n. Synonyms Movement, etc. See motion.
25. n. To move a piece in a game, as in checkers, chess, etc.

Wiktionary

1. v. intransitive To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
2. v. intransitive To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.
3. v. intransitive 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.
4. v. intransitive, chess To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.
5. v. transitive, ergative 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.
6. v. transitive, chess 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.
7. v. transitive To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
8. v. transitive To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite, as an emotion.
9. v. transitive 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.
10. v. transitive, obsolete To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).
11. v. transitive, obsolete To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
12. v. transitive, obsolete To apply to, as for aid.
13. n. The act of moving; a movement.
14. n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
15. n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
16. n. The event of changing one's residence.
17. n. A change in strategy.
18. n. board games The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. 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
2. v. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another on a playing board, according to the rules of the game.
3. v. To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
4. v. To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion.
5. v. To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted.
6. v. obsolete To apply to, as for aid.
7. v. To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
8. v. To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
9. v. To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another.
10. v. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.
11. n. The act of moving; a movement.
12. n. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game; also, the opportunity or obligation to so move a piece; one's turn.
13. n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the act of changing your residence or place of business
2. v. progress by being changed
3. v. change residence, affiliation, or place of employment
4. v. arouse sympathy or compassion in
5. v. have a turn; make one's move in a game
6. v. move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
7. v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
8. n. (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game
9. v. go or proceed from one point to another
10. v. follow a procedure or take a course
11. n. a change of position that does not entail a change of location
12. v. be in a state of action
13. n. the act of deciding to do something
14. n. the act of changing location from one place to another
15. v. perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
16. v. propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
17. v. change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
18. v. dispose of by selling
19. v. give an incentive for action
20. v. live one's life in a specified environment
21. v. cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense