Word: move Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English move 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. Pronunciation: /muːv/ 1. To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another. Labels: intransitive Example: A ship moves rapidly. Example: I was sitting on the sofa for a long time, feeling too lazy to move. 2. To act; to take action; to begin to act Labels: intransitive Example: to move in a matter Example: Come on guys, let's move: there's work to do! 3. To 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. Labels: intransitive Example: I decided to move to the country for a more peaceful life. Example: They moved closer to work to cut down commuting time. 4. To transport (an item) as part of changing residences. Labels: transitive Example: Before my lease ended, I gave away my old sofa because I didn't want to move it. 5. 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 Labels: ergative, transitive Example: The waves moved the boat up and down. Example: The horse moves a carriage. 6. To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another. Labels: transitive Example: She moved the queen closer to the centre of the board. Example: He rolled a 5 and moved his counter to Boardwalk, the most expensive property on the Monopoly board. 7. To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence. Labels: transitive Example: This song moves me to dance. Example: Seducer of the People, not moved with the Piety of his Life 8. To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion). Labels: transitive Example: That book really moved me. Example: When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them. 9. To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: I move to repeal the rule regarding obligatory school uniform. Example: 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. 10. To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint). Labels: obsolete, transitive 11. To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to. Labels: obsolete, transitive 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." Example: The thirſt of raigne and ſweetnes of a crowne, […] Moou’d me to menage armes againſt thy ſtate. 12. To apply to, as for aid. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: To me she speaks; she moves me for her them 13. To request an action from the court. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: An attorney moved the court to issue a restraining order. Example: The district attorney moved for a non-suit. 14. To bow or salute upon meeting. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 15. To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs). Labels: transitive Example: This business will fail if it can't move the inventory quickly. 16. To transfer the value of one object in memory to another efficiently (i.e., without copying it in entirety). Labels: transitive Example: 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. Example: 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.