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English

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-uːvɪŋ|-uːvɪŋ

Adjective

(no comparative or superlative) That moves or move.
: moving pictures
That causes someone to feel emotion.
: a moving story

Translations

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Portuguese:

Dutch: ,
Finnish: liikuttava, koskettava

Portuguese:

Verb

moving

Noun

The relocation of goods
A causing of a movement
: The rats' movings are willed movements.

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Move \Move\ (m[=oo]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moved (m[=oo]vd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Moving.] [OE. moven, OF. moveir, F.
mouvoir, L. movere; cf. Gr. 'amei`bein to change, exchange,
go in or out, quit, Skr. m[imac]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.
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2. (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; as, to move a king.
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3. To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to
rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to
influence.
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Minds desirous of revenge were not moved with gold.
--Knolles.
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No female arts his mind could move. --Dryden.
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4. To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to
excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically;
to excite, as an emotion. --Shak.
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When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with
compassion on them. --Matt. ix.
36.
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[The use of images] in orations and poetry is to
move pity or terror. --Felton.
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5. 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.
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Let me but move one question to your daughter.
--Shak.
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They are to be blamed alike who move and who decline
war upon particular respects. --Hayward.
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6. To apply to, as for aid. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Syn: To stir; agitate; trouble; affect; persuade; influence;
actuate; impel; rouse; prompt; instigate; incite;
induce; incline; propose; offer.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Moving \Mov"ing\, a.
1. Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a
moving car, or power.
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2. Exciting movement of the mind or feelings; adapted to move
the sympathies, passions, or affections; touching;
pathetic; as, a moving appeal.
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I sang an old moving story. --Coleridge.
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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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Moving \Mov"ing\, n.
The act of changing place or posture; esp., the act of
changing one's dwelling place or place of business.
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Moving day, a day when one moves; esp., a day when a large
number of tenants change their dwelling place.
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WordNet 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]

Moby Dictionary
active , activity , actuating , actuation , advancing , affecting ,
affective , afflictive , agitating , ambulant , ambulative , ambulatory ,
amotion , animating , animation , arousing , awakening , bitter , bleak ,
breathless , breathtaking , causal , causative , charged , cheerless ,
circuit-riding , cliff-hanging , comfortless , commutation ,
compelling , course , crossing , delocalization , deplorable ,
depressing , depressive , dignified , direction , directive ,
discomforting , dismal , dismaying , displacement , disquieting ,
distracting , distressful , distressing , disturbing , doleful ,
dolorific , dolorogenic , dolorous , dreary , driving , dynamics ,
effective , electric , elevated , eloquent , emotional , emotive ,
exciting , exhilarating , expeditionary , expressive , facund , forward ,
forward-looking , galvanic , globe-girdling , globe-trotting ,
go-ahead , going , grand , grave , grievous , gripping , heady ,
heart-expanding , heart-stirring , heart-swelling , heart-thrilling ,
heartrending , impellent , impelling , impressive , impulsive ,
in motion , inducive , inflammatory , influence , inner-direction ,
inspirational , inspiring , intoxicating , itinerant , itinerary ,
jarring , jolting , journeying , joyless , kinematics , kinesipathy ,
kinesis , kinesitherapy , kinetics , lamentable , locomotion ,
locomotive , lofty , maddening , majestic , meaningful , mind-blowing ,
mobile , mobilization , motile , motion , motivating , motivation ,
motivational , motive , motor , mournful , move , movement , mundivagant ,
noble , on the move , on tour , oncoming , ongoing , onward , operating ,
other-direction , overcoming , overmastering , overpowering ,
overwhelming , painful , passage , passing , pathetic , pedestrian ,
perambulating , perambulatory , peregrinative , peregrine ,
peripatetic , persuasive , perturbing , pilgrimlike , piquant , piteous ,
pitiable , pitiful , poignant , pregnant , pressing , proceeding ,
progress , progressing , progressive , prompting , propellant ,
propelling , provocative , provoking , pulsive , quickening , rallying ,
ravishing , regrettable , relocation , remotion , removal , removement ,
restlessness , rousing , rueful , running , sad , saddening ,
sententious , serious , sharp , shift , significant , solemn , sore ,
sorrowful , soul-stirring , spirit-stirring , stately , stimulating ,
stimulation , stimulative , stir , stirring , striking , strolling ,
sublime , suspenseful , suspensive , tantalizing , telling , thrilling ,
thrilly , thrusting , touching , touring , tourism , touristic ,
touristry , touristy , traject , trajet , transit , transitional ,
travel , traveling , trekking , troubling , uncomfortable , unfixed ,
unrest , unsettling , unstable , unsteadfast , unsteady , upsetting ,
urgent , velocity , walking , wayfaring , weighty , woebegone , woeful ,
working , wretched