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Adjective: moved  moovd
  1. Emotionally affected or aroused, especially to sympathy, gratitude, or tenderness
    "too moved to speak";
    - affected, stirred, touched
Verb: move  moov
  1. Change location; proceed; also used metaphorically
    "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell";
    - travel, go, locomote
     
  2. 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";
    - displace
     
  3. Be in a state of action
    "she is always moving"
     
  4. Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
    "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
     
  5. Go or proceed from one point to another
    "the debate moved from family values to the economy"
     
  6. Change residence, affiliation, or place of employment
    "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another";
    - up sticks [Brit, informal]
     
  7. Follow a procedure or take a course
    "We should move farther in this matter";
    - go, proceed
     
  8. Perform an action; do something
    "We must move quickly";
    - act
     
  9. Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
    "This child moved me as unusually mature";
    - affect, impress, strike
     
  10. Arouse sympathy or compassion in
    "Her fate moved us all"
     
  11. Give an incentive for action
    "This moved me to sacrifice my career";
    - motivate, actuate, propel, prompt, incite
     
  12. Dispose of by selling
    "The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers"
     
  13. Progress by being changed
    "The speech has to move through several more drafts";
    - go, run
     
  14. Live one's life in a specified environment
    "she moves in certain circles only"
     
  15. Have a turn; make one's move in a game
    "Can I move now?";
    - go
     
  16. Propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
    "The senator moved to adjourn the session";
    - make a motion

See also: affected, ease up, emotional, move on, move out, retreat, sick

Type of: advise, affect, alter, bear on, bear upon, cause, change, do, engender, flog [Brit, informal], impact, live, make, modify, propose, sell, suggest, vary

Antonym: stand still, stick around

Encyclopedia: Moved

Move, Richard