A Quick and Simple Dictionary

move

1. Verb.  (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
2. Verb.  (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.
3. Verb.  (intransitive) To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.
4. Verb.  (intransitive, chess) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.
5. Verb.  (transitive, ergative) 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 impel; to stir.
6. Verb.  (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.
7. Verb.  (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
8. Verb.  (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite, as an emotion.
9. Verb.  (transitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.
10. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).
11. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
12. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
13. Noun.  The act of moving; a movement.
14. Noun.  An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
15. Noun.  A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
16. Noun.  The event of changing one's residence.
17. Noun.  A change in strategy.
18. Noun.  (context, board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.