Meanings
present singular third person moves · participle present moving · participle past moved · past moved · first person past singular moved · archaic present second person singular movest · past second person singular moved · archaic past second person singular movedst · present singular third person moves · archaic present singular third person moveth · past singular third person moved · past plural moved · past subjunctive moved · participle present moving · participle past moved · alternative meve
- intransitiveTo change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
A ship moves rapidly.
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I was sitting on the sofa for a long time, feeling too lazy to move.
God moves in a myſterious way, / His wonders to perform; / He plants his footſteps in the ſea, / And rides upon the ſtorm.
1780, William Cowper, “Light Shining out of Darkneſs”, in Twenty-ſix Letters on Religious Subjects […] To which are added Hymns […] , 4th edition, page 252Secondly, When a body is once in motion it will continue to move forever, unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop its motion.
1839, Denison Olmsted, A Compendium of Astronomy, page 95Synonyms: shift, stir, adjust, disrupt, disturb, place, position, put
- intransitiveTo act; to take action; to begin to act
to move in a matter
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Come on guys, let's move: there's work to do!
Synonyms: get moving, stir, take action
- intransitiveTo change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place; similarly to change the location of another establishment such as a business. See also move out and move in.
They moved closer to work to cut down commuting time.
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I decided to move to the country for a more peaceful life.
I'm moving next week but I don't have anything packed yet.
He then moved from Nanking to Wuhan and finally to Chungking, but when his health deteriorated, he went to Chiang-chin, a small village near Chungking, for recuperation. There he died on 27 March 1942.
1986, Wen-shun Chi, “Ch’en Tu-hsiu (1879-1942)”, in Ideological Conflicts in Modern China: Democracy and Authoritarianism, published 1992, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 202Synonyms: flit, move house, remove, shift
- transitiveTo transport (an item) as part of changing residences.
Before my lease ended, I gave away my old sofa because I didn't want to move it.
- transitiveTo excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
This song moves me to dance.
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Seducer of the People, not moved with the Piety of his Life
1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLCNo female arts his mind could move.
1697, Virgil, “The Seventh Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC - transitiveTo arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).
That book really moved me.
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When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 9:36 - intransitivetransitiveTo propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit
I move to repeal the rule regarding obligatory school uniform.
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Two days were thus wasted in the quarrel between the consuls. It was clear that while Faminius was present no decision could be arrived at. Owing to Flaminius' absence through illness, Aemilius seized the opportunity to move a resolution which the senate adopted. Its purport was that the Ambracians should have all their property restored to them; they should be free to live under their own laws; they should impose such harbour dues and other imposts by land and sea as they desired, provided that the Romans and their Italian allies were exempt.
1905, Livy, translated by Canon Roberts, From the Founding of the City, Book 38Let me but move one question to your daughter.
1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]And therefore they are to be blamed alike, both who moue and who decline warre[…]
1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward the Sixth - obsoletetransitiveTo incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
The thirſt of raigne and ſweetnes of a crowne, […] Moou’d me to menage armes againſt thy ſtate.
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene vii1 more example
"Sir," seyde Sir Boys, "ye nede nat to meve me of such maters, for well ye wote I woll do what I may to please you."
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VIISynonyms: motivate, provoke, abet, actuate, goose, fuel, light a fire under, send
- obsoletetransitiveTo apply to, as for aid.
To me she speaks; she moves me for her them
c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii] - transitivecomputingTo transfer the value of one object in memory to another efficiently (i.e., without copying it in entirety).
We didn’t really want a copy; we just wanted to get the result out of a function: we wanted to move a Vector rather than to copy it.
2013, Bjarne Stroustrup, The C++ Programming Language, 4th edition, Addison-Wesley, →ISBN, 3.3.2, page 752 more examples
In Rust, for most types, operations like assigning a value to a variable, passing it to a function, or returning it from a function don’t copy the value: they move it.
2018, Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff, chapter 4, in Programming Rust: Fast, Safe Systems Development, O’Reilly, →ISBN, page 77In this paper, we focus on two specific move related issues: using an entity which has already been moved hence making it invalid, and calling move operations when doing so will not have any effect on how the program executes
2023 September, Attila Gyén, Dániel Kolozsvári, Norbert Pataki, “Code Comprehension for the Move Semantics in C++”, in Proceedings of the Tenth Workshop on Software Quality Analysis, Monitoring, Improvement, and Applications, Bratislava, Slovakia: Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, →ISSN, page 3
plural moves · alternative meve · alternative obsolete mieve · alternative obsolete mooue · alternative obsolete moove
- The act of moving; a movement.
A slight move of the tiller, and the boat will go off course.
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The drummer Cynthia praised her best friends' dance moves to the music.
Lord John had followed me. "By George, young fellah!" said he, pulling off his coat. "You've hit on a dooced good notion. Give me a grip and we'll soon have a move on it." But, even then, so heavy was the bell that it was not until Challenger and Summerlee had added their weight to ours that we heard the roaring and clanging above our heads which told us that the great clapper was ringing out its music.
1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC - An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
He made another move towards becoming a naturalized citizen.
- A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
He can win a match with that one move.
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She always gets spontaneous applause for that one move.
The idea of this move is to get two weights over your head any way you can.
2026, Greg Presto, “Timeless Gains”, in Men's Health, volume 41, number 2, page 14 - The event of changing one's residence.
They were pleased about their move to the country.
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The move into my fiancé's house took two long days.
While planning a recent move, I checked the pages of Majority Report, which lists women-owned and operated businesses and found a listing for "Truck You." […] Two women from Queens, and formerly of New Jersey GAA, Ulla and Mickey, came with their van and a successful move was accomplished without reliance on macho male bruisers.
1977 February 12, Bruce Michael Gelbert, “Some New York Alternatives”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 33, page 5From early on, he sang in the church choir, and before his move to Philadelphia in 1965, Cliff was already quite well-known in his hometown as a gospel singer.
1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 216Synonyms: removal, relocation
- A change in strategy.
I am worried about our boss's move.
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It was a smart move to bring on a tall striker to play against the smaller defenders.
- A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
Robin van Persie squandered United's best chance late on but otherwise it was a relatively comfortable afternoon for Liverpool's new goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, who has yet to concede a Premier League goal since his £9m summer move from Sunderland.
2013 September 1, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport - board gamesThe act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.
It's your move! Roll the dice!
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The best move of the game was when he sacrificed his rook in order to gain better possession.
If you roll a six, you can make two moves.
Synonyms: play
- human sciencesWithin the Minimalist Program, a fundamental operation of syntactic construction
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
verbTo act; to take action; to begin to act
verbTo change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place; similarly to change the location of another establishment such as a business. See also move out and move in.
verbTo cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another
verbTo excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
verbTo arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).
verbTo mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).
verbTo incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
nounThe event of changing one's residence.
nounThe act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna change of position that does not entail a change of location
verbchange location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
verbcause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
verbmove so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
verbperform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
verbhave an emotional or cognitive impact upon
verbgive an incentive for action
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
- Proto-Italic*moweō
- Latinmovēre
- Old Northern Frenchmover
- Middle Englishmoven
- Englishmove
From Middle English moven, moeven, meven, borrowed from Old Northern French mover, moveir and Old French mouver, moveir (“to move”) (compare modern French mouvoir from Old French movoir), from Latin movēre (“move; change, exchange, go in or out, quit”), from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- (“to move, drive”). Cognate with Lithuanian mauti (“to push on, rush”), Sanskrit मीवति (mī́vati, “pushes, presses, moves”), Middle Dutch mouwe (“sleeve”). Largely displaced native English stir, from Middle English stiren, sturien, from Old English styrian. See also Old English hrēran.
More words from Middle English, Old Northern French, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans beweeg
- beweeg(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
Ancient Greek κινῶ, κινέομαι
- κινῶ (kinô)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- κινέομαι (kinéomai)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- κινέω (kinéō)to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
Arabic حَرُكَ, تَحَرَّكَ
- حَرُكَ (ḥaruka)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- تَحَرَّكَ (taḥarraka)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- اِنْتَقَلَ (intaqala)to change residence
- تَحَلْحَلَ (taḥalḥala)to change residence
- رَحَلَ (raḥala)to change residence
- تَحَرَّكَ (taḥarraka)(transitive) to change the place of something
Basque mugitu, mugitu
- mugitu(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- mugituto cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
Bengali চলা
- চলা (cola)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
Bulgarian дви́жа се, де́йствам
- дви́жа се (dvíža se)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- де́йствам (déjstvam)to act; to take action
- ме́стя се (méstja se)to change residence
- дви́жа (dvíža)to transfer from one space or position to another
- подбу́ждам (podbúždam)to excite to action
- тро́гвам (trógvam)to arouse the feelings or passions of
- ме́стя (méstja)(transitive) to change the place of something
- ход (hod)an act for the attainment of an object or purpose
- преместване (premestvane)the event of changing one's residence
Catalan moure, moure's
- moure(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- moure'sto change residence
- mudar-seto change residence
- traslladar-seto change residence
- moureto cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- traslladarto transfer from one space or position to another
- moureto excite to action
- emocionarto arouse the feelings or passions of
- commoureto arouse the feelings or passions of
- moure(transitive) to change the place of something
- mudamentthe event of changing one's residence
- mudançathe event of changing one's residence
Chinese Cantonese 喐, 感動 /感动
- 喐 (juk¹)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- 感動 /感动to arouse the feelings or passions of
Chinese Mandarin 動 /动, 搬家
- 動 /动 (dòng)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- 搬家 (bānjiā)to change residence
- 移動 /移动 (yídòng)to change residence
- 感動 /感动 (gǎndòng)to arouse the feelings or passions of
- 提議 /提议 (tíyì)to propose; to recommend
- 動 /动 (dòng)(transitive) to change the place of something
- 搬家 (bānjiā)the event of changing one's residence
- 下 (xià)the act of moving a token on a gameboard
Czech hýbat se, hnout se
- hýbat se(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- hnout se(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- pohybovat se(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- pohnout se(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- pohnout seto act; to take action
- stěhovat seto change residence
- přestěhovat seto change residence
- pohnoutto cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- hýbatto cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- pohnoutto transfer from one space or position to another
- pohnoutto excite to action
- pohnoutto arouse the feelings or passions of
- tahan act for the attainment of an object or purpose
- stěhováníthe event of changing one's residence
- tahthe act of moving a token on a gameboard
Danish bevæge sig, flytte sig
- bevæge sig(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- flytte sig(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- sætte i bevægelse(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- bevæge sigto act; to take action
- flytteto change residence
- flytteto cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- bevægeto cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- flytteto transfer from one space or position to another
- bevægeto excite to action
- bevægeto arouse the feelings or passions of
- tilskyndeto arouse the feelings or passions of
- foreslåto propose; to recommend
- skridtan act for the attainment of an object or purpose
- flytningthe event of changing one's residence
- trækthe act of moving a token on a gameboard
Dutch bewegen, zich bewegen
- bewegen(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- zich bewegen(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- zich verplaatsen(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- stappen ondernemento act; to take action
- maatregelen treffento act; to take action
- verhuizento change residence
- (doen) bewegento cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- verroerento cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- roerento cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- verzettento transfer from one space or position to another
- verplaatsento transfer from one space or position to another
- drijvento excite to action
- stapan act for the attainment of an object or purpose
- maatregelan act for the attainment of an object or purpose
- verhuizingthe event of changing one's residence
- zetthe act of moving a token on a gameboard
Esperanto moviĝi, translokiĝi
- moviĝi(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- translokiĝito change residence
- movito cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- emociito arouse the feelings or passions of
- movi(transitive) to change the place of something
- transloĝiĝothe event of changing one's residence
Estonian liikuma, kolima
- liikuma(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- kolimato change residence
- liigutamato arouse the feelings or passions of
- käima(transitive) to change the place of something
- käikthe act of moving a token on a gameboard
Finnish liikkua, siirtyä
- liikkua(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- siirtyä(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- liikkuato act; to take action
- liikahtaato act; to take action
- muuttaato change residence
- siirtääto cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- liikuttaato cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- siirtääto transfer from one space or position to another
- innostaato excite to action
- liikuttaato arouse the feelings or passions of
- ehdottaato propose; to recommend
- esittääto propose; to recommend
- askelan act for the attainment of an object or purpose
- liikahdusan act for the attainment of an object or purpose
- muuttothe event of changing one's residence
- peliliikechange strategy
- siirtochange strategy
- siirtothe act of moving a token on a gameboard
French se mouvoir, se déplacer
- se mouvoir(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- se déplacer(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- bouger(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- déménagerto change residence
- s'installerto change residence
- partirto change residence
- partir s'installerto change residence
- déplacerto cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- inciterto excite to action
- émouvoirto arouse the feelings or passions of
- bouger(transitive) to change the place of something
- déménagementthe event of changing one's residence
- coupthe act of moving a token on a gameboard
- mouvementthe act of moving a token on a gameboard
- déplacerlinguistics: syntactic operation
German sich bewegen, umziehen
- sich bewegen(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- umziehento change residence
- zügelnto change residence
- bewegento cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- bewegento arouse the feelings or passions of
- rührento arouse the feelings or passions of
- bewegen(transitive) to change the place of something
- Umzugthe event of changing one's residence
- Zugthe act of moving a token on a gameboard
- Spielzugthe act of moving a token on a gameboard
Greek κινώ, μετακομίζω
- κινώ (kinó)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- μετακομίζω (metakomízo)to change residence
- συγκινώ (sygkinó)to arouse the feelings or passions of
- προτρέπω (protrépo)to propose; to recommend
- μετακόμιση (metakómisi)the event of changing one's residence
- κίνηση (kínisi)the act of moving a token on a gameboard
Hawaiian neʻe, niau
- neʻe(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- niau(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
Hebrew זָז, נָע
- זָז (zaz)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- נָע (na')(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- פָּעַל (pa'ál)to act; to take action
- עָבַר דִּירָה (avár dirá)to change residence
- הֵזִיז (hezíz)to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- הניעto cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- הזיז (hezíz)to transfer from one space or position to another
- הניע לפעולהto excite to action
- הפעילto excite to action
- רגש (ragásh)to arouse the feelings or passions of
- הֵזִיז (hezíz)(transitive) to change the place of something
- פעולה (pe'ula)an act for the attainment of an object or purpose
- מהלך (mahalach)an act for the attainment of an object or purpose
- מעבר דירהthe event of changing one's residence
- מהלך בשחמטthe act of moving a token on a gameboard
Hindi चलना
- चलना (calnā)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
Hungarian mozog, jár
- mozog(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- jár(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- költözikto change residence
- elköltözikto change residence
- költözködikto change residence
- elköltözködikto change residence
- elhurcolkodikto change residence
- mozgatto cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- meghatto arouse the feelings or passions of
- megindítto arouse the feelings or passions of
- lép(transitive) to change the place of something
- lépésthe act of moving a token on a gameboard
Icelandic flytja, flytja
- flytja(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- flytjato change residence
- flytjast búferlumto change residence
- flytjato cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- færato cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- flytjato transfer from one space or position to another
- færato transfer from one space or position to another
- flytjato excite to action
- færato excite to action
- keyrato excite to action
- snertato arouse the feelings or passions of
- leggja tilto propose; to recommend
Indonesian pindah, pindah
- pindah(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- pindahto change residence
Irish bog
- bog(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
Italian muoversi, smuoversi
- muoversi(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- smuoversito act; to take action
- darsi una mossato act; to take action
- agireto act; to take action
- trasferirsito change residence
- traslocareto change residence
- trasportareto cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- trasferireto transfer from one space or position to another
- spostareto transfer from one space or position to another
- persuadereto excite to action
- emozionareto arouse the feelings or passions of
- proporreto propose; to recommend
- passoan act for the attainment of an object or purpose
- traslocothe event of changing one's residence
- cambiamentochange strategy
- cambiochange strategy
- mossathe act of moving a token on a gameboard
Japanese 動く, 動く
- 動く (ugoku)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- 動く (ugoku)to act; to take action
- 引っ越す (hikkosu)to change residence
- 移る (utsuru)to change residence
- 動かす (ugokasu)to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- 移動させる (idō saseru)to transfer from one space or position to another
- 移す (utsusu)to transfer from one space or position to another
- 感動させる (kandō saseru)to arouse the feelings or passions of
- 染み返らせる (shimikaeraseru)to arouse the feelings or passions of
- 申し入れる (mōshiireru)to propose; to recommend
- 申し込む (mōshikomu)to apply to
- 動かす (ugokasu)(transitive) to change the place of something
- 動き (ugoki)an act for the attainment of an object or purpose
- 引っ越し (hikkoshi)the event of changing one's residence
- 転居 (tenkyo)the event of changing one's residence
- 手 (te)the act of moving a token on a gameboard
Korean 움직이다, 움직이다
- 움직이다 (umjigida)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- 움직이다 (umjigida)to act; to take action
- 이사하다 (isahada)to change residence
- 옮기다 (omgida)to change residence
- 옮기다 (omgida)to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- 이동시키다 (idongsikida)to transfer from one space or position to another
- 움직이다 (umjigida)to arouse the feelings or passions of
- 움직이다 (umjigida)to propose; to recommend
- 이동시키다 (idongsikida)(transitive) to change the place of something
- 이사 (isa)the event of changing one's residence
Latin moveo, migrō
- moveo(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- migrōto change residence
- migratiothe event of changing one's residence
Latvian kustināt, pārvietot
- kustināt(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- pārvietot(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- gājiensthe act of moving a token on a gameboard
Lithuanian judėti
- judėti(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
Malay alih, اليه
- alih(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- اليه(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
Māori hūnuku, neke
- hūnukuto change residence
- neketo change residence
- mōtinito propose; to recommend
- mū(transitive) to change the place of something
Norwegian trekk
- trekkthe act of moving a token on a gameboard
Norwegian Bokmål flytte seg, handle
- flytte seg(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- handleto act; to take action
- flytteto change residence
- flytteto transfer from one space or position to another
- røreto arouse the feelings or passions of
- flytte(transitive) to change the place of something
- flyttingthe event of changing one's residence
Persian حرکت کردن, جنبیدن
- حرکت کردن (harekat kardan)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- جنبیدن (jonbidan)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- جنبیدن (jonbidan)to act; to take action
- کوچیدن (kučidan)to change residence
- اسبابکشی (asbâb-keši)the event of changing one's residence
Polish ruszać się, ruszyć się
- ruszać się(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- ruszyć się(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- poruszać się(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- poruszyć się(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- działaćto act; to take action
- przeprowadzać sięto change residence
- przeprowadzić sięto change residence
- poruszaćto cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- poruszyćto cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- ruszaćto cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- ruszyćto cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- przemieszczaćto transfer from one space or position to another
- przeprowadzkathe event of changing one's residence
- zagrywkachange strategy
- ruchthe act of moving a token on a gameboard
- posunięciethe act of moving a token on a gameboard
Portuguese mover-se, mexer-se
- mover-se(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- mexer-se(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- movimentar-se(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- agirto act; to take action
- mover-seto act; to take action
- mexer-seto act; to take action
- mudar-seto change residence
- moverto cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- movimentarto cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- mexerto cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- moverto transfer from one space or position to another
- levar ato excite to action
- passoan act for the attainment of an object or purpose
- mudançathe event of changing one's residence
- mexidathe act of moving a token on a gameboard
- jogadathe act of moving a token on a gameboard
- lancethe act of moving a token on a gameboard
- moverlinguistics: syntactic operation
Romanian se mișca, se muta
- se mișca(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- se muta(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- actionato act; to take action
- mutato change residence
- mișcato transfer from one space or position to another
- mutato transfer from one space or position to another
- emoționato excite to action
- însuflețito excite to action
- emoționato arouse the feelings or passions of
- propuneto propose; to recommend
- recomandato propose; to recommend
- mișca(transitive) to change the place of something
- mutarethe event of changing one's residence
- mișcarethe act of moving a token on a gameboard
- mutarethe act of moving a token on a gameboard
Russian дви́гаться, де́йствовать
- дви́гаться (dvígatʹsja)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- де́йствовать (déjstvovatʹ)to act; to take action
- переезжа́ть (perejezžátʹ)to change residence
- перее́хать (perejéxatʹ)to change residence
- дви́гать (dvígatʹ)to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- дви́нуть (dvínutʹ)to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- перемеща́ть (peremeščátʹ)to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- перемести́ть (peremestítʹ)to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- сбыва́ть (sbyvátʹ)to sell
- сбыть (sbytʹ)to sell
- дви́гать (dvígatʹ)(transitive) to change the place of something
- перее́зд (perejézd)the event of changing one's residence
- переселе́ние (pereselénije)the event of changing one's residence
- ход (xod)the act of moving a token on a gameboard
Scottish Gaelic gluais, gluais
- gluais(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- gluaisto act; to take action
- imrichto change residence
- gluaisto cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- measgto cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- gluaisto transfer from one space or position to another
- gluaisto excite to action
- gluais(transitive) to change the place of something
- imrichthe event of changing one's residence
Slovak hýbať sa, sťahovať sa
- hýbať sa(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- sťahovať sato change residence
- presťahovať sato change residence
- hýbaťto cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
Spanish moverse, mudarse
- moverse(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- mudarseto change residence
- hacer mudanzato change residence
- moverto cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- trasladarto transfer from one space or position to another
- emocionarto arouse the feelings or passions of
- conmoverto arouse the feelings or passions of
- mover(transitive) to change the place of something
- mudanzathe event of changing one's residence
- mudadathe event of changing one's residence
- trasteothe event of changing one's residence
- movidachange strategy
- moviciónchange strategy
- jugadathe act of moving a token on a gameboard
- movimientolinguistics: syntactic operation
Swahili peleka, peleka
- peleka(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- pelekato act; to take action
- pelekato change residence
- pelekato cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- pelekato transfer from one space or position to another
- pelekato excite to action
- peleka(transitive) to change the place of something
- pelekaan act for the attainment of an object or purpose
- pelekathe event of changing one's residence
- pelekathe act of moving a token on a gameboard
Swedish flytta sig, flytta på sig
- flytta sig(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- flytta på sig(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- röra sig(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- röra på sig(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- flyttato change residence
- flyttato cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- röra (sig)to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- flyttato transfer from one space or position to another
- rörato arouse the feelings or passions of
- föreslåto propose; to recommend
- flytta(transitive) to change the place of something
- flyttthe event of changing one's residence
- dragthe act of moving a token on a gameboard
Tagalog gumalaw, umandar
- gumalaw(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- umandar(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
Tamil அசை, நகர்
- அசை (acai)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- நகர் (nakar)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- கிளம்பு (kiḷampu)to act; to take action
- இயக்கு (iyakku)to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- நகர் (nakar)to transfer from one space or position to another
- தூண்டு (tūṇṭu)to excite to action
- கவர் (kavar)to arouse the feelings or passions of
- முன்மொழி (muṉmoḻi)to propose; to recommend
- விற்க (viṟka)to sell
- நகர் (nakar)(transitive) to change the place of something
- அடி (aṭi)an act for the attainment of an object or purpose
- மாற்றம் (māṟṟam)the event of changing one's residence
- நகர்தல் (nakartal)the event of changing one's residence
- நகர்வு (nakarvu)change strategy
- நடவடிக்கை (naṭavaṭikkai)change strategy
- நகர்வு (nakarvu)the act of moving a token on a gameboard
Thai เคลื่อน, เคลื่อนที่
- เคลื่อน (klʉ̂ʉan)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- เคลื่อนที่ (klʉ̂ʉan-tîi)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- ขยับ (kà-yàp)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- ลงมือ (long-mʉʉ)to act; to take action
- ย้าย (yáai)to change residence
- เดิน (dəən)(transitive) to change the place of something
Turkish hareket etmek, devinmek
- hareket etmek(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- devinmek(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- taşınmakto change residence
- hamlethe act of moving a token on a gameboard
Ukrainian ру́хатися, ді́яти
- ру́хатися (rúxatysja)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- ді́яти (díjaty)to act; to take action
- переїжджа́ти (perejiždžáty)to change residence
- переї́хати (perejíxaty)to change residence
- ру́хати (rúxaty)to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
- ру́хати (rúxaty)(transitive) to change the place of something
- переїзд (perejizd)the event of changing one's residence
- хід (xid)the act of moving a token on a gameboard
Urdu چلنا
- چلنا (calnā)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
Vietnamese chuyển động, chuyển
- chuyển động(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- chuyểnto change residence
Welsh symud, symud
- symud(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- symudto change residence
- symud tŷto change residence
Yiddish באַוועגן, אַריבערפֿאָרן
- באַוועגן (bavegn)(intransitive) to change place or posture; to go
- אַריבערפֿאָרן (ariberforn)to change residence
- אַריבערקלײַבן (ariberklaybn)to change residence
- איבערציִען (ibertsien)to change residence
- אַריבערפֿירן (ariberfirn)to transfer from one space or position to another
- באַוועגן (bavegn)(transitive) to change the place of something
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with move
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