move in WordNet English dictionary

1. perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
   "think before you 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"
   act  move 
   
2. give an incentive for action
   "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
   motivate  actuate  propel  move  prompt  incite 
   
3. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
   "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
   affect  impress  move  strike 
   
4. be in a state of action
   "she is always moving"
   be active  move 
   
5. cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
   "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
   move  displace 
   
6. progress by being changed
   "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"
   move  go  run 
   
7. have a turn; make one's move in a game
   "Can I go now?"
   move  go 
   
8. change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
   "How fast does your new car go?"; "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"
   travel  go  move  locomote 
   
9. follow a procedure or take a course
   "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"
   go  proceed  move 
   
10. propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
    move  make a motion 
    
11. go or proceed from one point to another
    "the debate moved from family values to the economy"
    move 
    
12. arouse sympathy or compassion in
    "Her fate moved us all"
    move 
    
13. move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
    "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
    move 
    
14. change residence, affiliation, or place of employment
    "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another"
    move 
    
15. dispose of by selling
    "The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers"
    move 
    
16. live one's life in a specified environment
    "she moves in certain circles only"
    move 
    

1. a change of position that does not entail a change of location
   "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
   motion  movement  move  motility 
   
2. the act of changing location from one place to another
   "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
   motion  movement  move 
   
3. the act of deciding to do something
   "he didn't make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer"
   move 
   
4. the act of changing your residence or place of business
   "they say that three moves equal one fire"
   move  relocation 
   
5. (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game
   move