move

v

1. budge, stir, change place or position; shift, yield, give way, move over.

2. flit, fly, hie, hop, dart; zoom, vroom, whoosh, sweep, skim, skim along, Sl. breeze in or out or along; wend, meander, gad, gad about.

3. advance, progress, go, go ahead, move forward, get along, make headway, make strides or rapid strides, cover ground, roll; walk, march, hike, tread, step, pace, tramp, Dial. traipse, jaunt, stride, trek; stroll, perambulate, saunter, Inf. mosey or mosey about; strut, parade, mince, Inf. sashay; plod, trudge, shuffle, drag one's feet.

4. remove, move out, move away, change residence, relocate; decamp, break camp, Inf. pull up stakes; leave home, emigrate, migrate, expatriate; depart, leave, quit, vacate, repair, go away, go off, make off, exit, pull out, check out, Inf. bow out, Inf. take off, Sl. split.

5. turn, revolve, spin, rotate, gyrate, whirl, circle; operate, perform, run.

6.(all of the bowels) evacuate, excrete, egest, eject, expel, discharge, void, eliminate; defecate, stool, have a bowel movement.

7. proceed, set forth, sally forth, set out or off, Inf. be on one's way, strike out, issue, issue forth.

8. submit, propose, pose, put forward, put forth, make a motion; propound, recommend, advocate, suggest; urge, counsel, advise, admonish, exhort; enjoin, charge, call upon.

9. transfer, transmit, send, dispatch; carry, convey, cart, bear, freight, lug, Dial. tote; take away, carry away, cart off or away, conduct, lead off or away.

10. agitate, shake, jiggle, (of water, wine, etc.) roil; twirl; push, propel, drive, thrust, shove.

11. actuate, set in motion, set going; spur, prompt, prod, prick, poke, goad; lash, whip; incite, instigate, provoke, foment, egg on; arouse, rouse, fire, fire up, impassion, excite; quicken, sharpen, whet, pique, stimulate, motivate; electrify, galvanize, exhilarate, inspire, inspirit.

12. impel, urge or drive forward, urge or press on; induce, persuade, prevail upon, insist upon, railroad, ramrod, Inf. shove or ram down [s.o.'s] throat; constrain, oblige, necessitate, require, demand, force, make, exact, leave no option or choice; apply pressure, Inf. lean on, Inf. squeeze, Inf. put the screws on or to, Inf. twist [s.o.'s] arm.

13. touch, touch a chord or familiar chord, affect, have an effect, tell; impress, make an impression, make a dent, have an impact, Inf. sink in; strike, smite, hit, hit hard, Inf. hit where it hurts, rock, jolt, stagger, shock, Inf. give [s.o.] a turn, Sl. throw [s.o.] for a loop; upset, disturb, disquiet, ruffle; pierce, penetrate, touch to the quick, come home to; melt, soften, play on, tug or play on the heartstrings.

n

14. movement, motion, activity. See movement(def.1).

15. change of abode or residence, relocation, transfer.

16. step, measure, action; attempt, effort, endeavor, essay, undertaking, Inf. try, Inf. go, Inf. bout, Inf. fling, Sl. whack, Sl. crack, Sl. lick, Sl. stab; doing, deed, turn, feat, exploit, tour de force, Inf. stunt; stroke, coup.

17. expedient, means, means to an end; makeshift, improvisation, stopgap, temporary expedient, ad hoc measure; resort, recourse, last resort or recourse, Fr. pis-aller.

18. maneuver, stratagem, shift, dodge; tactic, device, contrivance, artifice, design, wile, craft; ploy, ruse, trick, cute trick, red herring, Inf. gimmick.

19. get a move on Informal. a. start, begin, commence; take steps, get going, get started, get on the stick, start off, start out, move out, get the show on the road, start the ball rolling.b. hurry, hasten, make haste, Literary. haste, rush, move quickly, lose no time, Scot. swith, Scot. swirry; hustle, speed up, put on more speed, step on the gas, Sl. step on it, Inf. make it snappy, Sl. get cracking, Sl. get the lead out, Sl. get one's rear in gear, Sl. shake a leg.

20. on the move Informal. a. active, engaged, occupied, employed, working, at work, on the job, at it, hard at it, busy, Inf. busy as a beaver or bee.b. on the go, on the run, on the wing or fly; on the road, in transit, en route.c. advancing, progressing, proceeding; moving, in motion, stirring.