Definition of "move"

move

/muːv/

verb
third-person singular simple present moves, present participle moving, simple past and past participle moved
1. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
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  God moves in a myſterious way, / His wonders to perform; / He plants his footſteps in the ſea, / And rides upon the ſtorm.
  1780, William Cowper, “Light Shining out of Darkneſs”, in Twenty-ſix Letters on Religious Subjects […] To which are added Hymns […] ‎, 4th edition, page 252
  Secondly, When a body is once in motion it will continue to move forever, unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop its motion.
  1839, Denison Olmsted, A Compendium of Astronomy, page 95
2. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act
3. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.
4. (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
5. (transitive, chess, board games) To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another.
6. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
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  Seducer of the People, not moved with the Piety of his Life
  1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip
  No female arts his mind could move.
  1697, Virgil, “The Seventh Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […]
7. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).
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  When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Matthew 9:36
8. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit
  Quotations
  Two days were thus wasted in the quarrel between the consuls. It was clear that while Faminius was present no decision could be arrived at. Owing to Flaminius' absence through illness, Aemilius seized the opportunity to move a resolution which the senate adopted. Its purport was that the Ambracians should have all their property restored to them; they should be free to live under their own laws; they should impose such harbour dues and other imposts by land and sea as they desired, provided that the Romans and their Italian allies were exempt.
  1905, Livy, translated by Canon Roberts, From the Founding of the City, Book 38
  Let me but move one question to your daughter.
  1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act IV, scene i]
  And therefore they are to be blamed alike, both who moue and who decline warre […]
  1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward the Sixth
9. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).
10. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
  Quotations
  "Sir," seyde Sir Boys, "ye nede nat to meve me of such maters, for well ye wote I woll do what I may to please you."
  1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII
  The thirſt of raigne and ſweetnes of a crowne, […] Moou’d me to menage armes againſt thy ſtate.
  c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, Act II, scene vii
11. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
  Quotations
  To me she speaks; she moves me for her them
  c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene ii]
12. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
13. (intransitive, obsolete) To bow or salute upon meeting.
14. (transitive, business) To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs).
noun
plural moves
1. The act of moving; a movement.
  Quotations
  Lord John had followed me. "By George, young fellah!" said he, pulling off his coat. "You've hit on a dooced good notion. Give me a grip and we'll soon have a move on it." But, even then, so heavy was the bell that it was not until Challenger and Summerlee had added their weight to ours that we heard the roaring and clanging above our heads which told us that the great clapper was ringing out its music.
  1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton
2. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
3. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
4. The event of changing one's residence.
  Quotations
  From early on, he sang in the church choir, and before his move to Philadelphia in 1965, Cliff was already quite well-known in his hometown as a gospel singer.
  1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, page 216
5. A change in strategy.
6. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
  Quotations
  Robin van Persie squandered United's best chance late on but otherwise it was a relatively comfortable afternoon for Liverpool's new goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, who has yet to concede a Premier League goal since his £9m summer move from Sunderland.
  2013 September 1, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport
7. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.
8. (board games, usually in the plural) A round, in which each player has a turn.

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