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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Move  \Move\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Moved};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Moving}.]  [OE.  moven,  OF  moveir,  F.  mouvoir  L.  movere;  cf 
  Gr  ?  to  change,  exchange,  go  in  or  out  quit  Skr.  m[=i]v, 
  p.  p.  m[=u]ta,  to  move  push  Cf  {Emotion},  {Mew}  to  molt, 
  {Mob},  {Mutable},  {Mutiny}.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  2.  (Chess,  Checkers,  etc.)  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Moving  \Mov"ing\,  a. 
  1.  Changing  place  or  posture;  causing  motion  or  action  as  a 
  moving  car  or  power. 
 
  2.  Exciting  movement  of  the  mind;  adapted  to  move  the 
  sympathies,  passions,  or  affections;  touching;  pathetic; 
  as  a  moving  appeal. 
 
  I  sang  an  old  moving  story.  --Coleridge. 
 
  {Moving  force}  (Mech.),  a  force  that  accelerates,  retards,  or 
  deflects  the  motion  of  a  body. 
 
  {Moving  plant}  (Bot.),  a  leguminous  plant  ({Desmodium 
  gyrans});  --  so  called  because  its  leaflets  have  a 
  distinct  automatic  motion. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Moving  \Mov"ing\,  n. 
  The  act  of  changing  place  or  posture;  esp.,  the  act  of 
  changing  one's  dwelling  place  or  place  of  business. 
 
  {Moving  day},  a  day  when  one  moves  esp.,  a  day  when  a  large 
  number  of  tenants  change  their  dwelling  place 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  moving 
  adj  1:  in  motion;  "a  constantly  moving  crowd";  "the  moving  parts  of 
  the  machine"  [ant:  {nonmoving}] 
  2:  arousing  or  capable  of  arousing  deep  emotion;  "she  laid  her 
  case  of  destitution  before  him  in  a  very  moving  letter"- 
  N.  Hawthorne  [ant:  {unmoving}] 
  3:  used  of  a  series  of  photographs  presented  so  as  to  create 
  the  illusion  of  motion;  "Her  ambition  was  to  be  in  moving 
  pictures  or  `the  movies'"  [ant:  {still}] 
  n  :  transportation  of  (household  or  office)  belongings  to  a  new 
  address  [syn:  {relocation}] 




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