6. | stirring or evoking strong feelings or emotions, esp. touchingly or pathetically: a moving story
| to pass from one place or position to another. | 2. | to go from one place of residence to another: They moved from Tennessee to Texas. | 3. | to advance or progress: The red racing car moved into the lead. | 4. | to have a regular motion, as an implement or a machine; turn; revolve. | 5. | to sell or be sold: That new model is moving well. | 6. | to start off or leave: It's time to be moving. | 7. | to transfer a piece in a game, as chess or checkers. | 8. | (of the bowels) to discharge or eject the feces; evacuate. | 9. | to be active in a particular sphere: to move in musical society. | 10. | to take action; proceed. | 11. | to make a formal request, application, or proposal: to move for a new trial. | –verb (used with object) 12. | to change from one place or position to another. | 13. | to set or keep in motion. | 14. | to prompt, actuate, or impel to some action: What moved you to do this? | 15. | to arouse or excite the feelings or passions of; affect with emotion (usually fol. by to): to move someone to anger. | 16. | to affect with tender or compassionate emotion; touch: The tale of tragedy moved her. | 17. | to transfer (a piece in a game) from one position to another. | 18. | to dispose of (goods) by sale. | 19. | to cause (the bowels) to discharge or eject the feces. | 20. | to propose formally, as to a court or judge, or for consideration by a deliberative assembly. | 21. | to submit a formal request or proposal to (a court, a sovereign, etc.). | –noun 22. | an act or instance of moving; movement. | 23. | a change of location or residence. | 24. | an action toward an objective or goal; step: a move toward a higher tax. | 25. | (in chess, checkers, etc.) a player's right or turn to make a play. | 26. | a play or maneuver, as in a game or sport. | —Verb phrases 27. | move in, to begin to occupy a place in which to live or work. | 28. | move in on, Informal. a. | to approach or make advances toward usurping another's success, authority, position, or the like. | b. | to take aggressive steps to control or possess: The company has not yet moved in on the consumer market. | | 29. | move on, to approach or attack as a military target: The army is moving on the capital itself. | 30. | move out, to leave a place in order to start or continue a planned march, maneuver, journey, etc.: The troops will move out of the encampment at dawn. | 31. | move over, to change or cause to change to another position, esp. to make room for another: to make space by moving over. | 32. | move up, to advance to a higher level. | —Idioms 33. | get a move on, Informal. a. | to begin; act: We'd better get a move on before it rains. | | 34. | make one's move, Informal. to act, esp. to assert oneself at an opportune time. | 35. | on the move, a. | busy; active: on the move from morning till night. | b. | going from place to place: Infantry units have been on the move all day. | c. | advancing; progressing: an industry on the move. | | 36. | put moves on, Slang. to make sexual advances toward. Also, make a move on. |
In attempting to apply each of these definitions to my recent state, I laughed aloud at how perfectly fitting most of them are. Exception: #36. MUCH too tired for any of THAT.
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