Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
move (verb)intransitive verb
1.
a) (1) to go or pass to another place or in a certain direction with a continuous motion - moved into the shade
(2) to proceed toward a certain state or condition - moving up the executive ladder
(3) to become transferred during play - checkers move along diagonally adjacent squares
(4) to keep pace - moving with the times
b) to start away from some point or place - depart
c) to change one's residence or location
2.
to carry on one's life or activities in a specified environment - moves in the best circles
3.
to change position or posture - stir ordered him not to move
4.
to take action - act
5.
a) to begin operating or functioning or working in a usual way
b) to show marked activity - after a lull things really began to move
c) to move a piece (as in chess or checkers) during one's turn
6.
to make a formal request, application, or appeal
7.
to change hands by being sold or rented - goods that moved slowly
8.
transitive verb
of the bowels - evacuate
1.
a) (1) to change the place or position of
(2) to dislodge or displace from a fixed position - budge
b) to transfer (as a piece in chess) from one position to another
2.
a) (1) to cause to go or pass from one place to another with a continuous motion - move the flag slowly up and down
(2) to cause to advance
b) to cause to operate or function - actuate this button moves the whole machine
c) to put into activity or rouse up from inactivity
3.
to cause to change position or posture
4.
to prompt or rouse to the doing of something - persuade the report moved us to take action
5.
a) to stir the emotions, feelings, or passions of - deeply moved by such kindness
b) to affect in such a way as to lead to an indicated show of emotion - the story moved her to tears
6.
a) obsolete - beg
b) to make a formal application to
7.
to propose formally in a deliberative assembly - moved the adjournment motion
8.
to cause (the bowels) to void
9.
to cause to change hands through sale or rent
1.
a) the act of moving a piece (as in chess)
b) the turn of a player to move
2.
a) a step taken especially to gain an objective - maneuver a move to end the dispute retiring early was a smart move
b) the action of moving from a motionless position
c) one of a pattern of dance steps
d) a change of residence or location
e) an agile or deceptive action especially in sports
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
move (noun)1.
an action planned or taken to achieve a desired result
SYNONIMS:
expedient, means, move, shift, stepRELATED WORDS:
act, action, deed, doing, feat, thing; course, procedure, proceeding, process; accomplishment, achievement, attainment, coup, exploit, success, triumph; activity, affair, business, dealing, enterprise, event; attempt, crack, endeavor, essay, fling, go, initiative, operation, pass, shot, stab, trial, try, undertaking, whack; effort, exertion, labor, pains, trouble, while, work; project, proposal, proposition; makeshift, resort, resource, stopgap; countermeasure, countermove, counterstep2.
the act or an instance of changing position
SYNONIMS:
motion, move, shift, shifting, stir, stirringRELATED WORDS:
dislocation, migration, relocation; locomotion, mobility, motility, motivity; fiddling, fidgeting, squirm, squirming, twitching, wriggling, writhing; flailing, flapping, wavingNEAR ANTONYMS:
immobility; inertia, inertness, stillness; cessation, discontinuance, ending, expiration, finish, halt, lapse, pause, shutdown, shutoff, stop, stoppage, surcease, termination1.
to change the place or position of
SYNONIMS:
budge, dislocate, displace, disturb, relocate, remove, reposition, shift, transfer, transposeRELATED WORDS:
bear, carry, cart, convey, drive, haul, lug, tote, transmit, transplant, transport; replace, supersede, supplant; alter, make over, modify, redo, refashion, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework, varyNEAR ANTONYMS:
anchor, fix, freeze, moor, secure, set, stabilize; embed ( imbed), entrench ( intrench), implant, ingrain ( engrain), lodge, root2.
to set or keep in motion
SYNONIMS:
actuate, drive, impel, propel, workRELATED WORDS:
activate, motivate, provoke; abet, ferment, foment, incite, raise, stir (up), whip (up); set off, trigger, trip; arouse, excite, fire (up), galvanize, inflame ( enflame), inspire, instigate, rouse, stimulateNEAR ANTONYMS:
bridle, check, constrain, contain, control, curb, inhibit, regulate, rein (in), restrain3.
to change one's position
SYNONIMS:
budge, locomote, shift, stirRELATED WORDS:
fiddle, fidget, jiggle, squiggle, squirm, toss, twitch, wiggle, wriggle, writhe; rouseNEAR ANTONYMS:
hang around, remain, stay, stick around, tarry; stabilize4.
to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response
SYNONIMS:
impact, impress, influence, move, reach, strike, sway, tell (on), touchRELATED WORDS:
carry away, dazzle, enrapture, entrance, enthrall ( enthral), ravish, transport; bias, color; inspire, stir; engage, interest, involve, penetrate, pierce; afflict, agitate, bother, concern, discomfort, discompose, disquiet, distress, disturb, fluster, harass, harry, perturb, pester, plague, smite, strain, stress, trouble, try, upset, worry, wring; allure, attract, bewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, fascinateNEAR ANTONYMS:
bore, jade, pall, tire, weary; underwhelm5.
to rouse to strong feeling or action
SYNONIMS:
arouse, encourage, excite, fire (up), impassion, incite, instigate, move, pique, rev (up), spark, stimulate, stirRELATED WORDS:
fan, ignite, inflame ( enflame), kindle, trigger; activate, animate, drive, energize, galvanize, induce, inspire, key (up), motivate, motive, pump up, quicken, set off, vitalize; abet, ferment, foment, raise, whip (up); anger, enrage, madden, upset; jeer, taunt, tease; aggravate, annoy, bother, exasperate, gall, get, irritate, vexNEAR ANTONYMS:
calm, soothe, subdue, tranquilize ( tranquillize); appease, mollify, pacify, placate6.
to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests
SYNONIMS:
argue, bring, bring around, convert, convince, gain, get, induce, move, prevail (on upon), satisfy, talk (into), win (over)RELATED WORDS:
blandish, blarney, cajole, coax, entreat, exhort, fast-talk, urge, wheedle; allure, beguile, lead on, lure, seduce, snow, tempt; brainwash, overpersuade; incline, influence, move, prompt, sell, sway; attract, draw, entice, interest; chew over, converse, debate, discuss, dispute, hash (over), moot; reason (with)NEAR ANTONYMS:
deter, discourage, dissuade, unsell7.
to cause to function
SYNONIMS:
actuate, crank (up), drive, move, run, set off, spark, start, touch off, trigger, turn onRELATED WORDS:
kick over, turn over; charge, electrify, energize, fire, fuel, generate, power, push; discharge, launch, release, switch, trip; reactivate, recharge; arouse, excite, jump-start, kick-start, stimulate, vitalize; ignite, incite, instigate, provoke, quicken, stir up; accelerate, catalyze, speed (up), step upNEAR ANTONYMS:
arrest, brake, check, cut off, draw up, halt, jam, stall, stick, stop; decelerate, repress, slow, stunt, suppress8.
to leave a place often for another
SYNONIMS:
bail, bail out, begone, book, bugger off, bug off, bug out, buzz (off), clear off, clear out, cut out, depart, dig out, exit, get, get off, go off, move, pack (up off), part, peel off, pike (out off), pull out, push off, push on, quit, run along, sally (forth), scarper, shove (off), step (along), take off, vamoose, walk outRELATED WORDS:
set out, start, strike out; abscond, decamp, escape, evacuate, flee, fly, get out, mizzle [], run away, scat, scram, skip; go out, light out, step out; abandon, desert, forsake, vacate; emigrate; adjourn, remove, retire, retreat, withdrawNEAR ANTONYMS:
abide, dwell, lodge, remain, settle, stay, tarry; approach, close, near; hit, land, reach