move

Meanings

To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
To act; to take action; to begin to act
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.
To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.
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 transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game
To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).
To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit
To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).
To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
To apply to, as for aid.
To request an action from the court.
To bow or salute upon meeting.
To sell, to market

The act of moving; a movement.
An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
The event of changing one's residence.
A change in strategy.
A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.

From Middle English moven, moeven, meven, borrowed from Old Northern French mover, moveir and Old French mouver, moveir (compare modern French mouvoir from Old French movoir), from Latin movēre, present active infinitive of moveō, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-. Cognate with Lithuanian mauti, Sanskrit मीवति, Middle Dutch mouwe. More at muff. Largely displaced native English stir, from Middle English stiren, sturien, from Old English styrian.

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