Definitions for move

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Spelling: [moov]

IPA: /muv/

Move is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in move (emov).

Definitions for move

noun

1. an act or instance of moving; movement.
2. a change of location or residence.
3. an action toward an objective or goal; step:
4. (in chess, checkers, etc.) a player's right or turn to make a play.
5. a play or maneuver, as in a game or sport.

Idioms

1. get a move on, Informal. to begin; act: to hurry; hasten.
2. make one's move, Informal. to act, especially to assert oneself at an opportune time.
3. on the move, busy; active: going from place to place: advancing; progressing:
4. put moves on, Slang. to make sexual advances toward. Also, make a move on.

Verb phrases

1. move in, to begin to occupy a place in which to live or work.
2. move in on, Informal. to approach or make advances toward usurping another's success, authority, position, or the like. to take aggressive steps to control or possess:
3. move on, to leave or go away: to approach or attack as a military target: to progress or change: to move past an upsetting experience and go on with one’s life.
4. move out, to leave a place in order to start or continue a planned march, maneuver, journey, etc.:
5. move over, to change or cause to change to another position, especially to make room for another:
6. move up, to advance to a higher level.

verb (used with object)

1. to change from one place or position to another.
2. to set or keep in motion.
3. to prompt, actuate, or impel to some action:
4. to arouse or excite the feelings or passions of; affect with emotion (usually followed by to):
5. to affect with tender or compassionate emotion; touch:
6. to transfer (a piece in a game) from one position to another.
7. to dispose of (goods) by sale.
8. to cause (the bowels) to discharge or eject the feces.
9. to propose formally, as to a court or judge, or for consideration by a deliberative assembly.
10. to submit a formal request or proposal to (a court, a sovereign, etc.).

verb (used without object)

1. to pass from one place or position to another.
2. to go from one place of residence to another:
3. to advance or progress:
4. to have a regular motion, as an implement or a machine; turn; revolve.
5. to sell or be sold:
6. to start off or leave:
7. to transfer a piece in a game, as chess or checkers.
8. (of the bowels) to discharge or eject the feces; evacuate.
9. to be active in a particular sphere:
10. to take action; proceed.
11. to make a formal request, application, or proposal:

Origin of move

1200-50; Middle English meven, moven Anglo-French mover ≪ Latin movēre

Examples for move

She looked up at him with an amused little smile, but did not move.

And a power outside his own will made Andrew move his hand to meet it.

As it was just dark we thought it best to move on a few miles, which we did after dark.

Youssef said the jailings are not only driving the community underground but pushing many to move abroad.

Thus the fortress must be taken before a gun or a waggon could move.

The pilot had earlier called air-traffic control reporting heavy clouds and asked to move up to 38,000 feet from 32,000 feet.

So not only will the GOP have control in the Senate, it will move the center of gravity on Capitol Hill hard to starboard.

But as Philip obeyed her words, he saw her move suddenly and stand by Emilia's side.

Those threats prompted Lozoya to move her family to California for a time until things cooled down, she said in an interview.

The other songs go in to lesser percentages of “me” as you move along.