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Moving

adjective

1.

In motion. "The moving parts of the machine"

2.

Arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion.

3.

Used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion.

Move

verb

(past & past part. moved; pres. part. moving)

1.

Change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically. Synonyms: go, locomote, travel. "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 night fell" , "News travelled fast"

2.

Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense. Synonym: displace. "I'm moving my money to another bank" , "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

3.

Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.

4.

Change residence, affiliation, or place of employment. "The basketball player moved from one team to another"

5.

Follow a procedure or take a course. Synonyms: go, proceed. "She went through a lot of trouble" , "Go about the world in a certain manner" , "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"

6.

Be in a state of action. Synonym: be active.

7.

Go or proceed from one point to another.

8.

Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action). Synonym: 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"

9.

Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon. Synonyms: affect, impress, strike. "This behavior struck me as odd"

10.

Give an incentive for action. Synonyms: actuate, incite, motivate, prompt, propel.

11.

Arouse sympathy or compassion in.

12.

Dispose of by selling.

13.

Progress by being changed. Synonyms: go, run. "Run through your presentation before the meeting"

14.

Live one's life in a specified environment.

15.

Have a turn; make one's move in a game. Synonym: go.

16.

Propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting. Synonym: make a motion.

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"Moving" Quotes from Famous Books

... on the day after. But then— it was Friday, the 2d of August—he saw advancing towards him his friend Desfontaines, who made a sign for him to come to him. Being in a sitting posture and under the influence of his swoon, he made another sign to the apparition, moving on his seat to make place ...

— Purgatory • Mary Anne Madden Sadlier

... likewise remarkable that the British have almost dropped out of the running in recent times, as far as origination is concerned. Is this fact also typical, a small symptom of Jeshurun's general fatness? Does it reflect a lesser degree of nimbleness in moving with the spirit of ...

— International Language - Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar • Walter J. Clark

... and doleful air; I sang an old and moving story— An old rude song, that suited well That ruin ...

— The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 2 (of 4) • Various

... the old rebel's story,—to kneel by the triple stone that says how the three Worthylakes, father, mother, and young daughter, died on the same day and lie buried there; a mystery; the subject of a moving ballad, by the late BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, as may be seen in his autobiography, which will explain the secret of the triple gravestone; though the old philosopher has made a mistake, unless the stone ...

— The Professor at the Breakfast Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes (Sr.)

... blackness; but after we had groped for a few steps down the familiar garden path, our eyes became accustomed to the subdued light of the soft summer night. Although heavy banks of cloud,—the general precursors of wind,—were moving slowly between us and the heavens, the stars shone down through their rifts, and on the western horizon a faint yellowish tinge told us that daylight was in no hurry to leave our quiet valley. The mountain streams ...

— Station Amusements • Lady Barker

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