move
English
/muːv/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
- (intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act
- (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.
- (intransitive) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.
- (transitive) 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
- (transitive) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game
- (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
- (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).
- (transitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit
- (transitive) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).
- (transitive) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
- (transitive) To apply to, as for aid.
- (law) To request an action from the court.
- (intransitive) To bow or salute upon meeting.
- (transitive) To sell, to market especially, but not exclusively, illegal products
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English moven borrowed from Old French mover, mouver derived from Latin movēre derived from Proto-Indo-European *mew- (move, drive, damp), *mew- (move, drive, damp).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mew-
Gloss
move, drive, damp
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
湿
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- commotion English
- comove English
- countermove English
- demote English
- earthmover English
- earthmoving English
- emote English
- emoter English
- emoticon English
- emotion English
- emotionable English
- emotional English
- evermoving English
- foremove English
- immovable English
- inmove English
- locomote English
- mismove English
- mobility English
- mobilization English
- mobilize English
- motile English
- motility English
- motionless English
- movability English
- movable English
- movableness English
- movably English
- moveless English
- movelessly English
- movelessness English
- moveout English
- mover English
- moveset English
- movest English
- moveth English
- movie English
- moving English
- movingly English
- movingness English
- multimove English
- nonmover English
- nonmoving English
- out English
- outmove English
- overemote English
- postmove English
- premotion English
- premove English
- promote English
- promotion English
- promotional English
- remoteness English
- removable English
- removal English
- removalist English
- remover English
- set English
- side mover English
- transmove English
- unmovable English
- unmove English
- unmoveable English
- unmoving English
- *movĕre Latin
- locō Latin
- motio Latin
- motivum Latin
- moveo Latin
- movere Latin
- moveō Latin
- movēre Latin
- mōbilis Latin
- mōtivus Latin
- mōtō Latin
- remotus Latin
- removēre, removeo Latin
- mouw Dutch, Flemish
- mover Spanish, Castilian
- movimiento Spanish, Castilian
- μυρίος Ancient Greek
- *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European
- *mew- Proto-Indo-European
- moven Middle English
- mouver Old French
- mover Old French
- movoir Old French
- mouwe Middle Dutch
- múnigid Old Irish
- מאָפֿן Yiddish
- *mouwa Old Dutch
- mover Old Portuguese
- mover Asturian
- mover Old Occitan
- mover Old Spanish
- muf Volapük
- moitur Dalmatian
- muvar Dalmatian
- set
- out
- movie
- emote
- mover
- inmove
- movest
- comove
- emoter
- demote
- moveth
- unmove
- moving
- motile
- movable
- premove
- movably
- emotion
- moveout
- remover
- mismove
- outmove
- promote
- removal
- moveset
- unmoving
- nonmover
- foremove
- emoticon
- locomote
- postmove
- mobilize
- mobility
- moveless
- movingly
- motility
- premotion
- transmove
- multimove
- nonmoving
- overemote
- promotion
- removable
- unmovable
- emotional
- immovable
- commotion
- movelessly
- movingness
- motionless
- evermoving
- removalist
- remoteness
- movability
- earthmover
- unmoveable
- side mover
- emotionable
- earthmoving
- countermove
- movableness
- promotional
- mobilization
- movelessness